Wording and gender effects in a Game of Chicken. An explorative experimental study

Marie-Laure Cabon-Dhersin and Nathalie Etchart-Vincent ()

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Abstract: In this short paper, we run an experiment to investigate the influence of a very basic change in the labelling of the strategies on cooperative behaviour in a standard Game of Chicken. Our between-subject experimental design involves two treatments. The only difference between them is that we introduce either a socially-oriented wording ('I cooperate'/'I do not cooperate') or colours (Red/Blue) to designate strategies. Our study replicates the findings obtained in a previous experimental study based on a Game of Chicken framework with incomplete information and a within-subject design: the level of cooperation appears to be higher in the socially-oriented context, due to a change in women behaviour only.

Keywords: social dilemma; Game of Chicken; cooperation; label framing effects; wording effects; gender effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-03-04
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