How people vote in contests: new findings from Immortal Songs 2
- Authors
- Kim, Beomsoo; Park, Sangsoo; Zhao, Yang
- Issue Date
- 3월-2021
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Preference; Serial position effects; Step-by-step; Momentary fairness bias
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF CULTURAL ECONOMICS, v.45, no.1, pp.45 - 62
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF CULTURAL ECONOMICS
- Volume
- 45
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 45
- End Page
- 62
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/49540
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10824-020-09386-0
- ISSN
- 0885-2545
- Abstract
- Many important contests, such as job interviews and political debates, are presented in sequential order. Previous studies found serial position effects such that the later presenter has a higher probability of winning. However, no previous studies use both random assignments of contestants and a large number of contestants and judges. We use Immortal Songs 2, a popular TV program that satisfies both conditions, to confirm the findings of serial position effects. In addition, Immortal Songs 2 has round-by-round competition rules. The first round is a competition between the first and second contestants. Then, the winner of the first round is announced. The second round is a contest between the winner of the first round and the third contestant. As the rounds continue, in theory, the winner of the previous round should have a higher probability of winning; however, in fact, the second contestant's probability of winning is always 0.5.
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