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experiment to analyze how information is distributed in four different network structures. Networks are modeled as five … communication possibilities. -- Network ; communication ; laboratory experiment ; information flow …
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This chapter surveys the rapidly growing literature in which risk preferences are measured and manipulated in laboratory and field experiments. The most commonly used measurement instruments are: an investment task for allocations between a safe and risky asset, a choice menu task for eliciting...
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This paper provides evidence from a field experiment on the effect of psychological pressure in competitive … environments. In our experiment, we analyze a setup of sequential tournaments, in which participants are matched in pairs and …
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We confront a representative sample of 1102 Dutch individuals with a series of incentivized investment decisions and also elicit their time preferences. There are two treatments that differ in the frequency at which individuals decide about the invested amount. The low frequency treatment...
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an incentivized experiment. While intertemporal choices in the control group exhibit significant present bias, choices …
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begin by examining how the methodology has been used to test economic models with populations of theoretical interest. Next … covariates to test theoretical predictions and explore behavioral mechanisms. We proceed to discuss how the methodology can be … utilized to compare behavior across cultures and contexts, and test for the external validity of results obtained in the lab …
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A modern, decision-theoretic framework can help clarify important practical questions of experimental design. Building on our recent work, this chapter begins by summarizing our framework for understanding the goals of experimenters and applying this to rerandomization. We then use this...
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