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Hypothetical bias in choice experiments: Within versus between subject tests
(2007-04-20)
A choice experiment eliciting environmental values is set up in order to test for hypothetical
bias based on both within and between sample designs. A larger hypothetical bias was found
in the latter case, which explains ...
Keeping others in our mind or in our heart? Distribution games under cognitive load
(2014-06)
It has recently been argued that giving is spontaneous while greed is calculated (Rand et al. 2012). If greed is calculated we would expect that cognitive load, which is assumed to reduce
the influence of cognitive ...
Self-Image and Valuation of Moral Goods: Stated versus Real Willingness to Pay
(2011-01)
Hypothetical bias in stated-preference methods appears sometimes to be very large, and other times non-existent. This is here largely explained by a model where people derive utility from a positive self-image associated ...
SELF IMAGE AND CHOICE EXPERIMENTS: HYPOTHETICAL AND ACTUAL WILLINGNESS TO PAY
(2003)
This paper proposes that people derive utility from a positive self-image, influenced by
ethical views, internal honesty, and consistency between sequential choices. A model is
tested by conducting the same choice-experiment ...
Are Social Preferences Skin Deep? Dictators under Cognitive Load
(2009-07-03)
We study the impact of cognitive load in dictator games to test two conflicting views of
moral behavior. Are social preferences skin‐deep in the sense that they are the result of
humans’ cognitive reasoning while the ...