Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52730 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
KIT Working Paper Series in Economics No. 37
Publisher: 
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (ECON), Karlsruhe
Abstract: 
This paper presents results from an experiment designed to study the effect of self reporting risk preferences on strategy choices made in a subsequently played 2x2 coordination game. The main finding is that the act of answering a questionnaire about one's own risk preferences significantly alters strategic behavior. Within a best response correspondence framework, this result can be explained by a change in either risk preferences or beliefs. We find that self reporting risk preferences induces an increase in subjects' risk aversion while keeping their beliefs unchanged. Our findings raise some questions about the stability of strategy choices in coordination games.
Subjects: 
coordination game
questionnaire
risk preferences
beliefs
best response correspondence
JEL: 
D81
C91
C72
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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