On the roots of the intrinsic value of decision rights: Experimental evidence

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ferreira, Joao V.; Hanaki, Nobuyuki; Tarroux, Benoit
• 署名单位: University of Southampton; University of Osaka; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon (ENS de LYON); Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1; Universite Jean Monnet; Universite Lyon 2; CNRS - Institute for Humanities & Social Sciences (INSHS)
• 刊物名称: GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0899-8256
• DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2019.10.008
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 110-122
• 关键词: Intrinsic value; Decision rights; INDEPENDENCE; POWER; Self-reliance; Cross-cultural experiment

摘要

This paper aims to investigate the motives behind an intrinsic value of decision rights. Based on a series of experimental treatments conducted in France and Japan, we measure how much of such potential value stems from (i) a desire for independence from others, (ii) a desire for power, or (iii) a desire for self-reliance. We find that both Japanese and French subjects attach a significant intrinsic value to hold control. Surprisingly, we find that self-reliance is the only significant motive behind it in both countries. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.