Data · dataset · 2025
Prosocial Appetite and Identity Signaling: Crowdfunding Behavioural Experiment Dataset
Listed in Teesside University Research Data Repository
The dataset comprises evidence from three sequential randomized experiments conducted with a total of 901 U.S.-based participants who all had prior investment experience, ensuring relevance to real-world crowdfunding decision-making.
Description
Study 1 (n = 199) employed a 2×2 design manipulating entrepreneur sexual identity (LGBTQ vs. control) and investor political ideology (liberal vs. conservative). Study 2 (n = 252) replicated the identity manipulation with a new product context and used a continuous, multi-item measure of ideology (SECS).
Study 3 (n = 450) added a second experimental factor—venture type (commercial vs. prosocial)—resulting in a 2×2 design with political ideology measured. Across all studies, participants evaluated a standardized crowdfunding pitch and provided judgments on organizational legitimacy, investment likelihood, and theoretically relevant controls. Each study includes harmonized variables enabling both within-study and cross-study comparison.
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Key variables include manipulated identity cues, prosocial framing, political ideology, perceived legitimacy (measured through well-established scales), and investment likelihood using an incentive-compatible method. Additional controls include trust, attitude toward the entrepreneur, identification, and underdog perceptions. The dataset therefore captures a robust set of cognitive, evaluative, and attitudinal responses, allowing for rigorous testing of the proposed mechanisms—particularly the conditional and interactive effects underlying prosocial appetite depletion.
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.17632/gdznxtx67p.1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from researchdata tees ac uk
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record data.mendeley.com/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Adata… ↗
metadata API · from researchdata tees ac uk
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Humanities · Life Sciences · Psychology & Behavioral Science · Social Science
- Inferred from text
- Biological psychology 72%
Provenance · 1 source records, 12 field assertions
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| Teesside University Research Data Repository | oai:data.mendeley.com/gdznxtx67p.1 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
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