Ahumada, Beatriz and Chen, Yufei and Gupta, Neeraja and Hyde, Kelly and Lepper, Marissa and Mathews, Will and Neil, Silveus and Vesterlund, Lise and Weidman, Taylor and Wilson, Alistair and Winichakul, K. Pun and Zhou, Liyang
(2022)
Well Excuse Me! Replicating and Connecting Excuse-Seeking Behaviors.
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Abstract
Excuse-seeking behavior that facilitates replacing altruistic choices with self-interested ones has been documented in several domains. In a laboratory study, we replicate three leading papers on this topic: Dana et al. (2007), and the use of information avoidance; Exley (2015), and the use of differential risk preferences; and Di Tella et al. (2015), and the use of motivated beliefs. The replications were conducted as part of a graduate course, attempting to embed one answer to the growing call for experimental replications within the pedagogic process. We fully replicate the simpler Dana et al. paper, and broadly replicate the core findings for the other two projects, though with reduced effect sizes and a failure to replicate on some secondary measures. Finally, we attempt to connect behaviors to facilitate the understanding of how each fit within the broader literature. However, we find no connections across domains.
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| Creators | Email | Pitt Username | ORCID  |
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| Ahumada, Beatriz | bea46@pitt.edu | bea46 | | | Chen, Yufei | yuc97@pitt.edu | yuc97 | | | Gupta, Neeraja | neg38@pitt.edu | neg38 | | | Hyde, Kelly | kdh50@pitt.edu | kdh50 | | | Lepper, Marissa | m.lepper@pitt.edu | mal303 | | | Mathews, Will | wim31@pitt.edu | wim31 | | | Neil, Silveus | nas233@pitt.edu | nas233 | | | Vesterlund, Lise | vester@pitt.edu | vester | 0000-0002-3476-3183 | | Weidman, Taylor | taylorjweidman@pitt.edu | taw79 | | | Wilson, Alistair | alistair@pitt.edu | alistair | 0000-0001-8118-2376 | | Winichakul, K. Pun | kpw18@pitt.edu | kpw18 | | | Zhou, Liyang | liz113@pitt.edu | liz113 | |
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Working Paper |
| Date: |
30 January 2022 |
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Submission |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Department: |
Economics |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Economics |
| Refereed: |
No |
| Date Deposited: |
01 Feb 2022 16:11 |
| Last Modified: |
01 Feb 2022 16:11 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/42222 |
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