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            Title : A Study on Economic Decision-making
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                <b>Purpose:</b><br>
                This research project will aim to study how individual decision making may vary across different types of economic environments where subjects’ earnings depend upon their decisions and those of others in the experiment. You are invited to participate in this study because you are a UNL student.

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                <b>Procedures:</b><br>
The experiment will not last for more than 2 hours. If you agree to participate in the experiment, you will be do the following things during the duration of the experiment.
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            <li>1.	Proceed through the experimental instructions that describe the economic decision-making problem.</li>
            <li>2.	Write an essay.</li>
            <li>3.	Participate in the group decision making experiment across a computerized interphase and receive payments based on your decisions and the decisions of others.</li>
<li>4.	Complete psychometric and socio-economic survey that asks for demographic information and your experiences in the experiment.</li>
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            The procedure will be conducted on-line.

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                <b>Benefits:</b>
Although there are no direct benefits to you, the knowledge gained from your and others’ decisions will be used by study researchers to understand individual behavior in group decision making settings.


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                <b>Risks and/or Discomforts:</b>
There are no known risks associated with participation in the study.


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                <b>Confidentiality:</b>
Any information obtained during this study which could identify you will be kept strictly confidential. The data will be stored in a password protected computer and locked cabinet in the investigator’s office and will only be seen by the investigator during the study. Your individual decisions will always be private to the group and the investigators. All decisions will be recorded with a subject and experiment ID that is not linked to your name or your student ID. The information obtained in this study may be published in scientific journals or presented at scientific meetings, but the data will be reported as aggregated data.


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                <b> Compensation:</b>
You will be paid in an Amazon gift card for this experiment. You will receive a fee of $5 for participation. Please note that this a temporary departure from paying you in cash, as had been advertised when you signed up using the Behavioral and Experimental Economics Lab (BEEL) website. We are disbursing your payments electronically through Amazon gift cards to minimize risk of exposure during COVID-19.  During the experiment, you will earn more money depending upon your choices and the choices of your group member. Average earnings of subjects in similar experiments fall in the range of $15 - $20. You may leave at any point during the experiment. If you do so, you will only receive the participation fee. We will record your name and the amount of money you make during the experiment. These will be stored in the computer hard drive for 7 years for accounting purposes.
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                <b>Opportunity to Ask Questions:</b>
You may ask any questions concerning this research and have those questions answered before agreeing to participate in the study.
For this you may contact the researcher, Diya Ganguly at the Department of Agricultural Economics, 314E Filley Hall, email: diya.ganguly@huskers.unl.edu or her advisor Dr Simanti Banerjee, 314 C Filley Hall, email:Simanti.banerjee@unl.edu.

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                Please contact the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institutional Review Board at (402) 472-6965 to voice concerns about the research or if you have any questions about your rights as a research participant.
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            <b>Freedom to Withdraw:</b>
Participation in this study is voluntary. You can refuse to participate or withdraw at any time without harming your relationship with the researcher or the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, or in any other way receive a penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. However, if you withdraw voluntarily from the experiment on the day of the experiment, you will only be paid the participation fee.


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            By clicking on ‘Yes’ and entering your name, you are providing your electronic signature and you are agreeing to participate in this research.

Note: if you do not agree to participate in this experiment, the experiment will end for you and you will not receive any payment.
This project has been approved by the IRB ( IRB Approval Number: 20210219848EP). To visit the IRB approved consent form, please <a href="https://unl.box.com/s/9ehdp4zviq7begce9k30tdeac2apgedh" target="_blank"> <b> Click here for  IRB approved Consent Form</b> </a>
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