Universität zu Köln

Angerer, Silvia ORCID: 0000-0001-8107-2206, Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela ORCID: 0000-0002-6678-2418, Lergetporer, Philipp ORCID: 0000-0003-4392-3342 and Sutter, Matthias ORCID: 0000-0002-6143-8706 (2021). The effects of language on patience: an experimental replication study of the linguistic-savings hypothesis in Austria. Journal of the Economic Science Association JESA, 7 (1). 88 - 98. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 2199-6784

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Abstract

The famous linguistic-savings hypothesis states that languages that grammatically separate the future from the present (like English) causally induce less future-oriented behavior than languages in which speakers can refer to the future using present tense (like German or Chinese). Chen et al., European Economic Review 120 (2019) experimentally investigate the effect of using future-oriented language on incentivized intertemporal choices and find no support for the hypothesis. We replicate Chen et al., European Economic Review 120 (2019)'s study in the German-speaking context. In our experiment with 332 subjects, we randomly refer to future payments using present or future tense and find no causal effect of language on intertemporal choice. Given the importance of replications for confidence in scientific findings, our results provide corroborating evidence that the linguistic-savings hypothesis is not empirically tenable. Eventually, the results provide a methodological contribution to the conduct of experiments.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Angerer, Silvia UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8107-2206 UNSPECIFIED Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6678-2418 UNSPECIFIED Lergetporer, Philipp UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4392-3342 UNSPECIFIED Sutter, Matthias UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6143-8706 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-591363
DOI:	10.1007/s40881-021-00103-x
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of the Economic Science Association JESA
Volume:	7
Number:	1
Page Range:	88 - 98
Date:	2021
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	2199-6784
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Center of Excellence C-SEB
Subjects:	Economics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language TIME-PREFERENCES; RISK-AVERSION; DIVERSITY; IMPATIENCE; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH Multiple languages Economics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59136