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Willingness to Use Algorithms Varies with Social Information on Weak vs. Strong Adoption: An Experimental Study on Algorithm Aversion

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  • Jan René Judek

    (Faculty of Business, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Siegfried-Ehlers-Str. 1, D-38440 Wolfsburg, Germany)

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The process of decision-making is increasingly supported by algorithms in a wide variety of contexts. However, the phenomenon of algorithm aversion conflicts with the development of the technological potential that algorithms bring with them. Economic agents tend to base their decisions on those of other economic agents. Therefore, this experimental approach examines the willingness to use an algorithm when making stock price forecasts when information about the prior adoption of an algorithm is provided. It is found that decision makers are more likely to use an algorithm if the majority of preceding economic agents have also used it. Willingness to use an algorithm varies with social information about prior weak or strong adoption. In addition, the affinity for technological interaction of the economic agents shows an effect on decision behavior.

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  • Jan René Judek, 2024. "Willingness to Use Algorithms Varies with Social Information on Weak vs. Strong Adoption: An Experimental Study on Algorithm Aversion," FinTech, MDPI, vol. 3(1), pages 1-11, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jfinte:v:3:y:2024:i:1:p:4-65:d:1323305
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