Experimental Economics

, Volume 14, Issue 2, pp 254–272 | Cite as

Framing and free riding: emotional responses and punishment in social dilemma games

  • Robin P. Cubitt
  • Michalis Drouvelis
  • Simon Gächter
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Abstract

In this paper, we report an experimental investigation of the effect of framing on social preferences, as revealed in a one-shot linear public goods game. We use two types of indicator to measure social preferences: self-reported emotional responses; and, as a behavioural indicator of disapproval, punishment. Our findings are that, for a given pattern of contributions, neither type of indicator depends on the Give versus Take framing that we manipulate. To this extent, they suggest that the social preferences we observe are robust to framing effects.

Keywords

Framing effects Punishment Emotions Public goods experiments 

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C92 D01 H41 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Robin P. Cubitt
    • 1
  • Michalis Drouvelis
    • 2
  • Simon Gächter
    • 1
    • 3
    • 4
  1. 1.School of Economics, Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, Sir Clive Granger BuildingUniversity of NottinghamNottinghamUK
  2. 2.Department of EconomicsUniversity of BirminghamBirminghamUK
  3. 3.CESifoMunichGermany
  4. 4.IZABonnGermany

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