Strategic ignorance and perceived control. Balietti, A., Budjan, A. J., Eymess, T., & Soldà, A. AWI Discussion Paper Series, 2023. abstract bibtex Information can trigger unpleasant emotions. As a result, individuals might be tempted to strategically ignore it. We experimentally investigate whether increasing perceived control can mitigate strategic ignorance. Participants from India were presented with a choice to receive information about the health risk associated with air pollution and were later asked to recall it. Perceived control leads to a substantial improvement in information recall. We find that optimists react most to perceived control, both with a reduction in information avoidance and an increase in information recall. This latter result is supported by a US sample. A theoretical framework rationalizes our findings.
@article{balietti2023,
title = {Strategic ignorance and perceived control},
volume = {735},
abstract = {Information can trigger unpleasant emotions. As a result, individuals might be tempted to strategically ignore it. We experimentally investigate whether increasing perceived control can mitigate strategic ignorance. Participants from India were presented with a choice to receive information about the health risk associated with air pollution and were later asked to recall it. Perceived control leads to a substantial improvement in information recall. We find that optimists react most to perceived control, both with a reduction in information avoidance and an increase in information recall. This latter result is supported by a US sample. A theoretical framework rationalizes our findings.},
journal = {AWI Discussion Paper Series},
author = {Balietti, A. and Budjan, A. J. and Eymess, T. and Soldà, A.},
year = {2023},
}
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