Impulse balance and framing effects in threshold public good games

Edward Cartwright; Anna Stepanova; Lian Xue

doi:10.1111/jpet.12359

Impulse balance and framing effects in threshold public good games

Edward Cartwright, Anna Stepanova, Lian Xue

School of Economics, Finance and Accounting

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Abstract

In this paper, we revisit the evidence for framing effects in threshold public good games. Our particular focus is on why the probability of providing the public good appears to be higher in positive, give frames compared with negative, take frames. We show that the impulse balance theory can explain this effect. We also report a new experiment designed to test the predictions of the impulse balance theory. The results of the experiment fit well, both in quantitative and qualitative terms, with our predictions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	903-922
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Public Economic Theory
Volume	21
Issue number	5
Early online date	25 Jan 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12359
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2019

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© 2019 The Authors. Journal of Public Economic Theory. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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