Organ donation in the lab: Preferences and votes on the priority rule

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

Autorschaft

  • Annika Herr
  • Hans Theo Normann

Externe Organisationen

  • Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
  • Universität Duisburg-Essen
Forschungs-netzwerk anzeigen

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)139-149
Seitenumfang11
FachzeitschriftJournal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Jahrgang131
Frühes Online-Datum12 Sept. 2015
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Nov. 2016
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

An allocation rule that prioritizes registered donors increases the willingness to register for organ donation, as laboratory experiments show. In public opinion, however, this priority rule faces repugnance. We explore the discrepancy by implementing a vote on the rule in a donation experiment, and we also elicit opinion poll-like views. We find that two-thirds of the participants voted for the priority rule in the experiment. When asked about real-world implementation, participants of the donation experiment were more likely to support the rule than non-participants. We further confirm previous research in that the priority rule increases donation rates. Beyond that, we find medical school students donate more often than participants from other fields.

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Zitieren

Organ donation in the lab: Preferences and votes on the priority rule. / Herr, Annika; Normann, Hans Theo.
in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Jahrgang 131, 01.11.2016, S. 139-149.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

Herr A, Normann HT. Organ donation in the lab: Preferences and votes on the priority rule. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 2016 Nov 1;131:139-149. Epub 2015 Sep 12. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.09.001
Herr, Annika ; Normann, Hans Theo. / Organ donation in the lab : Preferences and votes on the priority rule. in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 2016 ; Jahrgang 131. S. 139-149.
Download
@article{8d90ca66a7a74ff5896783eb5ece84b1,
title = "Organ donation in the lab: Preferences and votes on the priority rule",
abstract = "An allocation rule that prioritizes registered donors increases the willingness to register for organ donation, as laboratory experiments show. In public opinion, however, this priority rule faces repugnance. We explore the discrepancy by implementing a vote on the rule in a donation experiment, and we also elicit opinion poll-like views. We find that two-thirds of the participants voted for the priority rule in the experiment. When asked about real-world implementation, participants of the donation experiment were more likely to support the rule than non-participants. We further confirm previous research in that the priority rule increases donation rates. Beyond that, we find medical school students donate more often than participants from other fields.",
keywords = "Laboratory experiment, Organ donation, Vote",
author = "Annika Herr and Normann, {Hans Theo}",
year = "2016",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.jebo.2015.09.001",
language = "English",
volume = "131",
pages = "139--149",
journal = "Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization",
issn = "0167-2681",
publisher = "Elsevier",

}

Download

TY - JOUR

T1 - Organ donation in the lab

T2 - Preferences and votes on the priority rule

AU - Herr, Annika

AU - Normann, Hans Theo

PY - 2016/11/1

Y1 - 2016/11/1

N2 - An allocation rule that prioritizes registered donors increases the willingness to register for organ donation, as laboratory experiments show. In public opinion, however, this priority rule faces repugnance. We explore the discrepancy by implementing a vote on the rule in a donation experiment, and we also elicit opinion poll-like views. We find that two-thirds of the participants voted for the priority rule in the experiment. When asked about real-world implementation, participants of the donation experiment were more likely to support the rule than non-participants. We further confirm previous research in that the priority rule increases donation rates. Beyond that, we find medical school students donate more often than participants from other fields.

AB - An allocation rule that prioritizes registered donors increases the willingness to register for organ donation, as laboratory experiments show. In public opinion, however, this priority rule faces repugnance. We explore the discrepancy by implementing a vote on the rule in a donation experiment, and we also elicit opinion poll-like views. We find that two-thirds of the participants voted for the priority rule in the experiment. When asked about real-world implementation, participants of the donation experiment were more likely to support the rule than non-participants. We further confirm previous research in that the priority rule increases donation rates. Beyond that, we find medical school students donate more often than participants from other fields.

KW - Laboratory experiment

KW - Organ donation

KW - Vote

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84945329907&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.09.001

DO - 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.09.001

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84945329907

VL - 131

SP - 139

EP - 149

JO - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

JF - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

SN - 0167-2681

ER -