TY - JOUR
T1 - How people vote in contests
T2 - new findings from Immortal Songs 2
AU - Kim, Beomsoo
AU - Park, Sangsoo
AU - Zhao, Yang
N1 - Funding Information:
Beomsoo Kim was funded by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2018S1A5A2A03028632).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Momentary fairness bias
KW - Preference
KW - Serial position effects
KW - Step-by-step
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084664882&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10824-020-09386-0
DO - 10.1007/s10824-020-09386-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084664882
VL - 45
SP - 45
EP - 62
JO - Journal of Cultural Economics
JF - Journal of Cultural Economics
SN - 0885-2545
IS - 1
ER -