andreacasalotti comments on Interlude for Behavioral Economics - Less Wrong

49 Post author: Yvain 06 July 2012 08:12PM

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Comment author: andreacasalotti 07 July 2012 11:37:32AM 6 points [-]

Regarding the Dana, Cain and Dawes experiment, the abstract says: "Over two studies, we found that about one third of participants were willing to exit a $10 dictator game and take $9 instead. " One third is less than "the majority of participants" stated by you. A fisherman's tale?

Comment author: Yvain 07 July 2012 05:45:57PM 1 point [-]

Good catch. I got the numbers out of Art of Strategy, then searched for the study online. Either it's a slightly different study than the one cited in the book with slightly different results, or I'm transmitting an error from there.