Are experimental economists prone to framing effects? A natural field experiment

An extensive literature demonstrates the existence of framing effects in the laboratory and in questionnaire studies. This paper reports new evidence from a natural field experiment using a subject pool one might expect to be particularly resistant to such effects: experimental economists. We find t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of economic behavior & organization 2009-06, Vol.70 (3), p.443-446
Hauptverfasser:	Gächter, Simon, Orzen, Henrik, Renner, Elke, Starmer, Chris
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