Working Paper
Asymmetrically Dominated Alternatives and Random Incentive Mechanisms
Kiel Working Papers, 1646
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C91
D81
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This note presents an experimental study of the random lottery incentive mechanism. In the baseline treatment we observe risk behavior in a given choice problem. We show that by integrating a second, asymmetrically dominated choice problem in a random incentive mechanism risk behavior can be manipulated systematically. This implies that the isolation hypothesis is violated the random incentive mechanism does not elicit true preferences.
