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dc.contributor.authorMatthey, Astriden
dc.contributor.authorRegner, Tobiasen
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-06-
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-20T14:34:03Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-20T14:34:03Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/32591-
dc.description.abstractIn experimental economics there exists a lively debate about the independence of observations. Although opinions on the issue differ widely, all concerns regard the independence of subjects' behavior within one session or experiment. This paper attempts to shed some light on the independence of observations between experiments, if they are generated by the same subjects. We analyze experiments with an allocation decision and find that participation in previous experiments tends to increase the amount subjects allocate to themselves. Hence, independence between experiments cannot be presumed if subjects participate repeatedly. The finding has implications for the interpretation of previous allocation decision results and deserves attention when running future experiments.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aFriedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics |cJenaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aJena Economic Research Papers |x2009,074en
dc.subject.jelC90en
dc.subject.jelD03en
dc.subject.jelD84en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordexperimental methodsen
dc.subject.keywordindependence of observationsen
dc.subject.keywordsocial preferencesen
dc.subject.keywordconditional cooperationen
dc.subject.stwExperimentelle Ökonomiken
dc.subject.stwWissenschaftliche Methodeen
dc.subject.stwTesten
dc.titleOn the independence of observations between experiments-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn610118900en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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