A Novel Computerized Real Effort Task Based on Sliders

Victoria Prowse and David Gill

No 435, Economics Series Working Papers from University of Oxford, Department of Economics

Abstract: In this note, we present a novel computerized real effort task based on moving sliders across a screen which overcomes many of the drawbacks of existing real effort tasks. The task was first developed and used by us in Gill and Prowse (2009). We outline the design of our "slider task", describe its advantages compared to existing real effort tasks and provide a statistical analysis of the behavior of subjects undertaking the task. We believe that the task will prove valuable to researchers in designing future real effort experiments.

Keywords: Real effort task; Slider task; Design of laboratory experiments; Learning and time effects; Individual heterogeneity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C90 C91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-05-01
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