Revisiting Cheap Talk with New Evidence from a Field Experiment
We assess the reduction of hypothetical bias in consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for products by applying a generic, short, and neutral cheap talk script in a retail setting. Using an open-ended elicitation mechanism with non-hypothetical, hypothetical, and hypothetical with cheap talk treat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Western Agricultural Economics Association
2011-08-01
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Series: | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
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Online Access: | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/117168 |