Wait before crying a wolf? An experiment study on response time manipulation in two-stage game

Last registered on May 17, 2023
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Wait before crying a wolf? An experiment study on response time manipulation in two-stage game
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0011373
Initial registration date
May 08, 2023

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
May 17, 2023, 2:10 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country
United States of America
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Xin Jiang
Affiliation
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Bohan Ye
PI Affiliation

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2023-05-11
End date
2023-12-30
Keywords
Behavior, Gender, Lab, Welfare
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
Responses time often provide additional information in message exchanges. Most social media sites now allow users to observe an accurate response time. How does this feature affect user’s responding behavior? To answer this question, we designed a two-stage game between a sender and a receiver. Using a series of experimental measures, we investigate if receivers use response times to make decisions, and if senders manipulate the revealed response times. Additionally, we examine the role of gender, creativity in the manipulative use of response times.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Jiang, Xin and Bohan Ye. 2023. "Wait before crying a wolf? An experiment study on response time manipulation in two-stage game." AEA RCT Registry. May 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.11373-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2023-05-11
Intervention End Date
2023-12-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Senders' reporting decisions and corresponding response times, receivers' guesses of true states.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Gender, creativity.
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We designed a two-stage game between a sender (S) and a receiver (R) who share partial interests in four experimental conditions. In all four conditions, S has a chance to make real efforts to learn the true state. She needs to report a signal of the state to R based on her own interest, and her report does not have to be the same as the true state. In half of the conditions, R guesses the true state after observing S's signal. In the other half of the conditions, R guesses the true state after observing S's signal and S's response time. We also manipulate S's information about response times. In half of the conditions, S does not know her response times would be used by R. In the other half, S is aware that her response times would be provided to R.

We run four conditions in two groups. In the control group, S are not aware of the response times, and R make decisions without and with response times. In the treatment group, S are aware of the response times, and R make decisions without and with response times.




Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization will be done in office by a computer.
Randomization Unit
Randomization is done both on the individual and the treatment level
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
cluster on individual level
Sample size: planned number of observations
Up to 100 subjects
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Up to 50 for each groups, i.e., up to 50 for the control group, and up to 50 to the treatment group.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
UCSB HUMAN SUBJECTS COMMITTEE
IRB Approval Date
2023-05-05
IRB Approval Number
68-23-0237
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Post-Trial

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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