Strategic ignorance and perceived control
Information can trigger unpleasant emotions. As a result, individuals might be tempted to strategically ignore it. We experimentally investigate whether increasing perceived control can mitigate strategic ignorance. Participants from India were presented with a choice to receive information about th...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Book/Monograph Arbeitspapier |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Heidelberg
Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
September 13, 2023
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| Schriftenreihe: | AWI discussion paper series
no. 735 (September 2023) |
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AWI discussion paper series (no. 735 (September 2023))
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| DOI: | 10.11588/heidok.00033841 |
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| Verfasserangaben: | Anca Balietti, Angelika Budjan, Tillmann Eymess, Alice Soldà |
| Zusammenfassung: | Information can trigger unpleasant emotions. As a result, individuals might be tempted to strategically ignore it. We experimentally investigate whether increasing perceived control can mitigate strategic ignorance. Participants from India were presented with a choice to receive information about the health risk associated with air pollution and were later asked to recall it. Perceived control leads to a substantial improvement in information recall. We find that optimists react most to perceived control, both with a reduction in information avoidance and an increase in information recall. This latter result is supported by a US sample. A theoretical framework rationalizes our findings. |
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| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| DOI: | 10.11588/heidok.00033841 |