Allures of Power Data

The experiment code, data collected from subjects, and analysis files posted here were used in a paper with the following abstract: In this paper, I investigate the pursuit of "power" -- the ability to determine the outcomes of others -- along three dimensions: who desires power, when they desire power, and what they do with power. Using a lab experiment, I classify people into four mutually exclusive "power types" based on their behavior, and I find that these power types differ in how much they spend on power, which features of power they value, and the way they respond to changes in the price of controlling their partners' outcome. Crucially, I show that many subjects value power intrinsically.