Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Tiziana Medda
Author-X-Name-First: Tiziana 
Author-X-Name-Last: Medda
Author-Email: tiziana.medda81@gmail.com
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Cagliari 
Author-Name: Vittorio Pelligra 
Author-X-Name-First: Vittorio  
Author-X-Name-Last: Pelligra
Author-Email: pelligra@unica.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Cagliari
Author-Name: Tommaso Reggiani
Author-X-Name-First: Tommaso  
Author-X-Name-Last: Reggiani
Author-Email: t.reggiani@lumsa.it
Author-Workplace-Name: LUMSA University
Title: Does Experience Affect Fairness and Reciprocity in Lab Experiments?

Abstract: One of the most common criticisms about the external validity of lab experiments in economics concerns the representativeness of participants usually considered in these studies. The ever-increasing number of experiments and the prevalent location of research centers in university campuses produced a peculiar category of subjects: Students with high level of laboratory experience built through repeated participations in experimental sessions. We investigate whether the experience accumulated in this way biases subjects’ behaviour in a set of simple games widely used to study social preferences (Dictator Game, Ultimatum Game, Trust Game, and Prisoner’s Dilemma Game). Our main finding shows that subjects with a high level of experience in lab experiments do not behave in a significantly different way from novices.
Length: 43 pages
Creation-Date: 2016-07
Publication-Status: 
File-URL: https://repec.lumsa.it/wp/wpC09.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: wpC09
Classification-JEL: D03, D83, C91, C92
Keywords: Experimental Methodology, External Validity, Experience, Lab Experiment
Handle: RePEc:lsa:wpaper:wpC09