Experimentation and manipulation with preregistration

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Felgenhauer, Mike
• 署名单位: Brunel University
• 刊物名称: GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0899-8256
• DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2021.09.002
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 400-408
• 关键词: Experimentation; persuasion; manipulation; information acquisition

摘要

Preregistration requires scientists to describe the planned research activities before their project begins. Preregistration improves transparency in empirical research and is an institutional response to scientific misconduct. This paper studies the impact of a preregistration requirement in a model in which a sender can generate information for a receiver by running private experiments. The sender can also engage in uninformative manipulation. This paper argues that a preregistration requirement can discourage p-hacking, but also result in even more detrimental faked studies. (C) 2021 The Author. Published by Elsevier Inc.