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Jun Yeong Lee and Elizabeth Hoffman |
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''The effect of COVID-19 on Amazon MTurk'' |
( 2023, Vol. 43 No.1 ) |
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This paper examines the effect of COVID-19 on experiments run using Amazon MTurk. We run a Bertrand Oligopoly experiment with conversation before and after the pandemic outbreak. The outcome shows that after COVID-19, more participants do not fully engage in the experiment and “cherry-pick” the participation fee. There is a 36.51% decrease in the number of participants who actually participate in conversations and a 31.71% decrease in the number of groups discussing pricing behavior. |
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Keywords: COVID-19, Bertrand Competition, Experiment, Cheap Talk, Amazon MTurk |
JEL: C7 - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory C9 - Design of Experiments: General |
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Manuscript Received : May 17 2022 | | Manuscript Accepted : Mar 30 2023 |
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