Analysis of relations between monetary incentives and eye movements in experimental economics using an eye tracker

• Project/Area Number: 15H06685
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Economic theory
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Uto Nobuyuki 早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 助手 (30755963)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: アイトラッカー / リスク下の意思決定 / 実験経済学 / 経済理論 / 経済統計学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Providing monetary incentives to each participant according to his/her payoff in an experiment is an important procedure for experimental economics. Eye-tracking has become an effective method to investigate economic decision making. However, whether incentives affect eye movements remains an unresolved question. This study explores this unaddressed question in the case of a risky choice experiment. We found that participants' eye movement pattern is affected by monetary incentives even though the choices are not affected.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Monetary Incentives and Eye Movements (2016)
  • Author(s): Nobuyuki Uto
  • Journal Title: WINPEC Working Paper Series Volume: No.E1609
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] ダブルトラック・オークションの実験研究 (2016)
  • Author(s): 宇都伸之、上條良夫、船木由喜彦
  • Journal Title: 日本オペレーションズリサーチ学会論文誌 Volume: 59 Pages: 38-59
  • NAID: 130005251469
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] アイトラッキング実験研究の紹介 (2017)
  • Author(s): 宇都伸之
  • Organizer: フューチャー・デザイン実験ラボラトリ オープニング・ワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 高知工科大学(高知市)
  • Year and Date: 2017-02-20
• [Presentation] Monetary Incentives and Eye Movements (2016)
  • Author(s): 宇都伸之
  • Organizer: 第20回実験社会科学カンファレンス
  • Place of Presentation: 同志社大学(京都市)
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-30
• [Presentation] インセンティブが視線運動に与える影響の研究 (2016)
  • Author(s): 宇都伸之
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会2016年度秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学(東京)
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-10
• [Presentation] インセンティブが視線運動に与える影響の研究 (2016)
  • Author(s): 宇都伸之
  • Organizer: 日本行動計量学会第44回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌学院大学(江別市)
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-01