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The Half-Life of Happiness : Hedonic Adaptation in the Subjective Well-Being of Poor Slum Dwellers to a Large Improvement in Housing
Galiani, Sebastian - 2015
that people's happiness eventually returns to a stable reference level. We use a multi-country field experiment to examine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457568
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Collective Action : Experimental Evidence
Anauati, María Victoria - 2015
We conducted a laboratory experiment to test the comparative statics predictions of a new approach to collective action … increases. The experiment also points to new avenues for refining the theory. We find that, as the payoff of a successful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457730
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The Political Coase Theorem : Experimental Evidence
Galiani, Sebastian - 2014
efficient policies regardless of the distribution of bargaining power among them. This paper uses a laboratory experiment to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458724
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Electoral reciprocity in programmatic redistribution : Experimental Evidence
Galiani, Sebastian - 2016
We analyzed two conditional cash transfers experiments that preceded Honduran presidential elections in 2001 and 2013. In the first, smaller transfers had no effects on voter turnout or incumbent vote share. In the second, larger transfers increased turnout and incumbent share in similar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456091
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Horizontal and Vertical Conflict : Experimental Evidence
Galiani, Sebastian - 2016
Two types of political conflicts of interest pervade many of the world's societies. A horizontal conflict of interest arises when different constituencies support different policies, while a vertical conflict of interest emerges when those in charge of running the government acquire and retain...
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