Vague Red Line and Self-censorship: Theory and Experiment

• In Event: Experiments on Framing, Security, and Self-censorship

Brief Overview

We study when information senders will self-censor their reports even when sharing the information can potentially enhance social welfare. We design and conduct an experiment closely following a formal model to test the model predictions.

Authors

• Greg Chih-Hsin Sheen, New York University Abu Dhabi

• Hans H. Tung, National Taiwan University

• Wen-Chin Wu, Academia Sinica & Harvard-Yenching Institute