On the External Validity of Social Preference Games: A Systematic Lab-Field Study

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Galizzi, Matteo M.; Navarro-Martinez, Daniel
• 署名单位: University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Pompeu Fabra University
• 刊物名称: MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0025-1909
• DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2017.2908
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 976-1002
• 关键词: field behavior; External validity; Experimental games; social preferences

摘要

We present a lab-field experiment designed to systematically assess the external validity of social preferences elicited in a variety of experimental games. We do this by comparing behavior in the different games with several behaviors elicited in the field and with self-reported behaviors exhibited in the past, using the same sample of participants. Our results show that the experimental social preference games do a poor job explaining both social behaviors in the field and social behaviors from the past. We also include a systematic review and meta-analysis of previous literature on the external validity of social preference games.