Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Title: The Role of Choice in Social Dilemma Experiments
Author-Name: Frank P. Maier-Rigaud
Author-Name: Jose Apesteguia
Author-Email: 
Classification-JEL: H41, C90, C91
Keywords: Freedom of Choice, Self-governance, Social Dilemmas, Framing
Abstract: On the basis of problems related to asymmetric information, self-governance has been proposed and often 
	empirically found to be superior to the external imposition of rules in social dilemma situations. The present paper 
	suggests and experimentally analyses a different line of argument, namely to what extent behavioral aspects can 
	explain these findings. We study this hypothesis using the simplest, most general dilemma form: the prisoner's 
	dilemma (PD). We compare behavior when players are given the possibility of choosing between two different 
	representations of the same PD, to behavior when players are externally assigned to play a specific game. We find 
	that cooperation rates are significantly higher in the games that were chosen.
Note: 
Length: 28
Creation-Date: 2003-10	
Revision-Date: 
File-URL: http://www.wiwi.uni-bonn.de/bgsepapers/bonedp/bgse22_2003.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:bon:bonedp:bgse22_2003