The Effect of COVID-19 on Amazon Mturk

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint , Other literature type 01 Jan 2020 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

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Authors: Lee, Jun Yeong; Hoffman, Elizabeth;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3712660 , 10.13140/rg.2.2.31317.45282

The Effect of COVID-19 on Amazon Mturk

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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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