Dataset from an experiment on transitivity

Jorge Guadalupe-Lanas; Verónica Artola-Jarrín; Cruz Cárdenas, Jorge

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2025.111711

Dataset from an experiment on transitivity

Journal

Data in Brief

ISSN

2352-3409

Date Issued

2025

Author(s)

Jorge Guadalupe-Lanas

Verónica Artola-Jarrín

Cruz Cárdenas, Jorge

Centro de Investigación en Empresa, Sociedad y Tecnología

Type

journal-article

DOI

10.1016/j.dib.2025.111711

URL

https://cris.indoamerica.edu.ec/handle/123456789/9258

Abstract

Experimental economics, which applies laboratory methods to study the interactions of human beings in social contexts, makes it possible to evaluate the transitivity of consumer preferences. This data set presents the results of an experiment on preferences in three different situations: 1) individuals faced with goods choices without restrictions; 2) individuals facing budget restrictions and price changes; and 3) individuals faced with decreased disposable income. The experiment was conducted on subjects with different characteristics i.e., different genders, women and men, different work situations, employed and unemployed, different age ranges, and different economic positions, divided into low, medium and high. In addition, the experiment had two phases, the first one prior to the experiment as such, called pilot, which objective was to calibrate the consistency of the instrument (survey), not to measure transitivity itself. The second one, was conducted on 70 subjects some of which came from the central bank of Ecuador, and others came from the Catholic University