H2020Индивидуална стипендия2015–2017

FRAMING_EFFECTS · Experimental Analysis of Framing Effects via Observation of Decision-Making Processes to Improve the Real-World Applicability of Decision Research in Economics

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2015-10-01 → 2017-09-30
Финансиране от ЕС: 183 455 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

Ефектите на формулирането изследват как промяната в описанието на една ситуация – например разликата между „поддръжка“ и „създаване“ на обществено благо – влияе върху решенията ни. Разбирането на тези механизми помага за подобряване на държавните политики и начина, по който се представят изборите пред хората.

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Experimental Analysis of Framing Effects via Observation of Decision-Making Processes to Improve the Real-World Applicability of Decision Research in Economics

The project studied aspects of the experimental methodology used in behavioural economics, and behavioural science more broadly, to study human behaviour under controlled conditions. Experimental protocols provide written instructions to explain the decision situation to participants. By necessity, these name or describe the decision situation or the experimental context. Seemingly innocuous choices of phrases in these descriptions may have behavioural consequences, which we refer to as “label framing effects”. Label frames can also be intentionally manipulated, for example to experimentally study behavioural differences in public good maintenance vs. provision or to enhance cooperation by making salient benefits to self or to society. The overall objective of the project was to devise and implement a series of experiments to study and explain these label framing effects. Understanding framing effects in general may lead to advances in policy-making with potentially large societal impact. Important recent examples include Richard Thaler’s Nobel prize winning work on “nudges” that target behavioural change via changes to the presentation of otherwise identical set of options available to consumers, workers, students, etc. The experiments conducted during the action have provided significant insights into the workings of framing effects. The fellowship led to substantial positive influences on the development of the researcher’s career and enabled a successful career transition towards becoming an established experimental economist by providing opportunities to create a lively network of research collaborations as well as significant knowledge transfers.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Fellowship objective is to explain influences of descriptive context on individual decisions, i.e. framing effects, by observing processes of making-sense (of representation/interpretation/rationalization). Experimental Economics ignores effects of framing on this “black-box” of decision-making processes, and instead theorizes framing by observing only choices & using fixed preference structures. This not only limits our understanding of these effects but weakens real-world applicability of experimental results & leads to inefficient use of public funds; e.g., it is well-established that descriptions used in policy tools, e.g. contingent valuation (CV) & nudging, significantly affect results, yet it is unknown why or how. To unpack this box, fellowship at U. of Nottingham’s Centre for Decision Research & Experimental Economics (CeDEx) will combine Dr.Isler’s background in methodology research with training/research on framing to develop 2 new experiment designs. Secondment at Leeds U. Centre for Decision Research will enable training on Process Tracing Methods (PTMs) & Mouselab software to provide capacity for process observations. Using PTMs/Mouselab in experiments at CeDEx, 1st design will isolate framing effects that choice/preference-based conventional theories cannot explain; 2nd design will analyse these effects in CV-like public good setting to develop probabilistic/structural model to forecast & PTM-based nonconventional theory to explain the effects. To allow sector/policy applications of lab results (e.g., to CV), designs will be used in field experiments at health/fundraising SME secondments, where training on patient/donor interaction & gender/ethics issues will prepare proper implementation. Fellowship’s training-through-research will thus launch a career in PTM-based framing research leading to innovations in Horizon 2020 health/efficiency/gender priorities that save public/private funds via appropriate reframing of customer relations & policy tools.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM · NottinghamКоординаторОбединеното кралство