The Effect of Payment Schemes on Inventory Decisions: The Role of Mental Accounting
Finding to replicate
Subjects order higher quantities under the O-payment scheme (−c per unit ordered, +p
per unit sold) than under the C-payment scheme (+(p − c) per unit ordered, −p per unit
leftover), even though the two are mathematically equivalent.
Background Information
| Primary Replication Site | University of Michigan – Ann Arbor |
| Secondary Replication Site | University of Texas at Dallas |
| Target Replication Sample Size (Per Site) | 50 Individuals |
| Replication Subject Pool | University Students |
| Original Testing Modality | Laboratory |
| Initial Replication Modality | Virtual, Asynchronous |
| Secondary Replication Modality | Laboratory |
| Preregistration | AsPredicted #69619 |
| Original Paper | Published Online 11/05/2012 |
| Category | Inventory |
Replication Results
| Finding Reproduced? | Full Replication |
| Replication Report | ChenEtAl2013_ReplicationReport.pdf |
| Replication Data, Analysis Script, and Stimuli | ChenEtAl2013_DAS.zip |