Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/302233 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Discussion Paper No. 1238
Publisher: 
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka
Abstract: 
In the digital age, privacy in economic activities is increasingly threatened. In considering policies to address this threat, it is useful to consider what value, if any, that people attach to privacy in economic activities. We study this question by eliciting individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) to avoid detection in an economic experiment involving a coin-flipping task. We collect data from Japan, China, and the U.S.A. to examine whether there are cross-country differences. Our findings reveal that people's WTP to "avoid the spotlight" is positive and economically sizable across all three countries and is the largest in Japan.
Subjects: 
Privacy
Monitoring
Surveillance
Willingness to Pay
Dishonesty
Lying
Social Image Concerns
JEL: 
C91
D83
D91
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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