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Does elicitation method matter? Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence from capacity allocation game

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Zhao, Y; Zhao, X; Wang, L; Chen, Y; Zhang, X
Published in: Production and Operations Management
May 1, 2016

To date, it has not been elucidated whether the strategy method and the direct-response method lead to different behaviors in experiments of economic games. In this study, we investigate this issue under a multi-round setting of the capacity allocation game with both of the elicitation methods. In the first experiment (regular behavioral experiment), subjects are paired to make decisions in a laboratory through a computer network platform. In the second experiment (neuroimaging experiment), the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique is applied to observe similarities and differences in brain activities between the two elicitation methods. The results show that no significant difference is observed in the ordering behaviors between the two methods. Meanwhile, the neuroimaging data reveal that the strategy method induces comparable activations in similar brain regions, as does the direct-response method. Additionally, it is more likely that subjects adjust their decisions during the feedback phase, rather than during the decision phase. Our results indicate that, in multi-round game experiments without features such as emotion, the effect of the elicitation method is not likely to be exhibited.

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Production and Operations Management

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EISSN

1937-5956

ISSN

1059-1478

Publication Date

May 1, 2016

Volume

25

Issue

5

Start / End Page

919 / 934

Related Subject Headings

  • Operations Research
  • 4901 Applied mathematics
  • 3509 Transportation, logistics and supply chains
  • 1503 Business and Management
  • 0102 Applied Mathematics
 

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Zhao, Y., Zhao, X., Wang, L., Chen, Y., & Zhang, X. (2016). Does elicitation method matter? Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence from capacity allocation game. Production and Operations Management, 25(5), 919–934. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12515
Zhao, Y., X. Zhao, L. Wang, Y. Chen, and X. Zhang. “Does elicitation method matter? Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence from capacity allocation game.” Production and Operations Management 25, no. 5 (May 1, 2016): 919–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12515.
Zhao Y, Zhao X, Wang L, Chen Y, Zhang X. Does elicitation method matter? Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence from capacity allocation game. Production and Operations Management. 2016 May 1;25(5):919–34.
Zhao, Y., et al. “Does elicitation method matter? Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence from capacity allocation game.” Production and Operations Management, vol. 25, no. 5, May 2016, pp. 919–34. Scopus, doi:10.1111/poms.12515.
Zhao Y, Zhao X, Wang L, Chen Y, Zhang X. Does elicitation method matter? Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence from capacity allocation game. Production and Operations Management. 2016 May 1;25(5):919–934.
Journal cover image

Published In

Production and Operations Management

DOI

EISSN

1937-5956

ISSN

1059-1478

Publication Date

May 1, 2016

Volume

25

Issue

5

Start / End Page

919 / 934

Related Subject Headings

  • Operations Research
  • 4901 Applied mathematics
  • 3509 Transportation, logistics and supply chains
  • 1503 Business and Management
  • 0102 Applied Mathematics