Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204702 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods No. 2019/4
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn
Abstract: 
Personal information is shared extensively every day, partly in exchange for benefits or as a reaction to other people's information sharing. In this paper, we experimentally investigate these two factors by analyzing the interaction of peer comparison and incentives to disclose potentially privacy-sensitive information. We find that information sharing is higher under incentives, and further increases under peer comparison. This effect is driven by those initially disclosing less, who additionally report to feel more compelled to reveal information. Our results provide an explanation for the current information sharing trend while pointing to a potentially neglected side-effect.
Subjects: 
Personal information disclosure
Peer comparison
Incentives
Experiment
JEL: 
C92
D30
D82
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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