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Welcome to our experiment on decision-making. You will receive ${{ participation_fee }} for participating, plus additional earnings that depend on your decisions. Your earnings are expressed in points; {{ points_per_dollar }} points = $1. At the end of the experiment your total points will be converted to dollars and paid to you in cash.

Please switch off your cellphone, remain quiet, and do not communicate with other participants during the entire experiment. Raise your hand if you have any questions.

Structure

The experiment consists of {{ n_blocks }} blocks of {{ n_rounds }} decision rounds each ({{ total_rounds }} rounds in total).

Your group

You are randomly assigned to a group of {{ n_members }} participants at the start of the experiment. Your group stays the same for all {{ total_rounds }} rounds. You will not be told anything about the other members' outcomes.

Your center outcome and best outcome

At the start of each block you will be assigned a center outcome — a number between 0 and 100. Your center outcome stays fixed for all {{ n_rounds }} rounds in a block, then changes for the next block.

At the start of each round, your best outcome (shown by an icon like ) is determined by adding a small random amount to your center outcome. This varies from round to round.

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You will also be shown the center outcomes of all other group members as markers on the number line, but you will not see their best outcomes , which also vary around their center outcomes in every round.

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Example: Block start screen (center outcome = 50)

Your choice and the group outcome

Each round you will see two policy options, Option A and Option B, shown as positions on a number line. You and your {{ n_others }} group members will each independently choose one option. The option chosen by the majority ({{ majority }} or more out of {{ n_members }}) becomes the group outcome for that round.

Example: Decision screen

Your earnings

Your round earnings equal:

100 − |group outcome − your best outcome|

The closer the group outcome is to your best outcome, the more you earn.

Between blocks

After each block of {{ n_rounds }} rounds you will be assigned a new center outcome.

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