Does Market Interaction Erode Moral Values?
复制了Falk和Szech(2013)关于市场互动侵蚀道德价值观的实验,发现重复博弈而非市场互动才是道德侵蚀的原因,因此原结论不成立。
Abstract The widespread use of markets leads to unprecedented material well-being in many societies. We study whether market interaction, as a side effect, erodes moral values. In an influential paper, Falk and Szech (2013) provide experimental data that seem to suggest that “market interaction erodes moral values.” Although we replicate their main treatment effect, we show that additional treatments are necessary to corroborate their conclusion. These treatments reveal that playing repeatedly, and not market interaction, causes the erosion of moral values. Our paper thus shows that neither Falk and Szech's data nor our data support the claim that markets erode morals.