Windrich Ivo, Kierspel Sabrina, Neumann Thomas, Berger Roger, Vogt Bodo
Institute of Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Chair in Empirical Economics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
Front Sociol. 2022 Aug 26;7:930976. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2022.930976. eCollection 2022.
We conducted experiments on norm focusing. The tests were carried out with two versions of dictator games: in one version of the game, the dictator had to allocate a gain of €10, while in the other version, a loss of €-10 needs to be allocated. In a first treatment, we focused subjects on the average giving in similar previous dictator games. The second treatment focused subjects on the behaviour of what a self-interested actor should do. In total, = 550 participants took part in our experiments. We found (1) a significant difference in giving behaviour between gain and loss treatments, with subjects being moderately more self-interested in the loss domain, (2) a significant effect of focusing subjects on the average behaviour of others, but (3) no effect of focusing subjects on the behaviour of self-interested actors.
我们进行了关于规范聚焦的实验。测试采用了两种版本的独裁者博弈:在一种版本的博弈中,独裁者必须分配10欧元的收益,而在另一种版本中,则需要分配-10欧元的损失。在第一种处理方式中,我们让受试者关注之前类似独裁者博弈中的平均给予情况。第二种处理方式则让受试者关注自利行为者应该怎么做。总共有550名参与者参加了我们的实验。我们发现:(1)收益处理和损失处理之间的给予行为存在显著差异,受试者在损失领域表现得略为更自利;(2)让受试者关注他人平均行为有显著效果;但(3)让受试者关注自利行为者的行为没有效果。