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The role of information provision for attitudes towards immigration : an experimental investigation
Bareinz, Patrick; Übelmesser, Silke - 2020
We conduct a survey experiment on the effect of information provision on attitudes towards immigration in Germany. The focus lies on two theory-based economic channels, labor market and welfare state concerns, and immigration policy preferences. Using probability-based representative survey...
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Pay-As-They-Get-In: Attitudes Towards Migrants and Pension Systems
Boeri, Tito; Gamalerio, Matteo; Morelli, Massimo; … - 2023
We study whether a better knowledge of the functioning of pay-as-you-go pension systems and recent demographic trends in the hosting country affects natives' attitudes towards immigration. In two online experiments in Italy and Spain, we randomly treated participants with a video explaining how,...
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Pension reform preferences in Germany : does information matter?
Schuetz, Jana; Übelmesser, Silke; Baginski, Ronja; … - 2022
impact of prior beliefs on the treatment effects. As the salience and the information treatments barely differ, we conclude …
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Designing information provision experiments
Haaland, Ingar; Roth, Christopher; Wohlfart, Johannes - 2020
discuss the measurement of subjective beliefs, including the role of incentives and ways to reduce measurement error. We also …
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Choosing and using information in evaluation decisions
Coffman, Katherine B.; Kostyshak, Scott; Saygın, … - 2024
beliefs about a candidate after acquiring more information, and persists in final evaluations. This bias has a significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014505373
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Have you heard the news? How real-life expectations react to publicity
van der Wiel, Karen - 2009
As evidence is accumulating that subjective expectations influence behavior and that these expectations are sometimes biased, it becomes policy-relevant to know how to influence individuals' expectations. Information in the media is likely to affect how people picture the future. This paper...
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Have You Heard the News? How Real-Life Expectations React to Publicity
van der Wiel, Karen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
As evidence is accumulating that subjective expectations influence behavior and that these expectations are sometimes biased, it becomes policy-relevant to know how to influence individuals' expectations. Information in the media is likely to affect how people picture the future. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969323
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Optimal Income Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This article explores subjects in optimal income taxation characterized by recent research interest, practical importance in light of concerns about inequality, potential for misunderstanding, and prospects for advancement. Throughout, the analysis highlights paths for further investigation....
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Consumer sentiment during the Covid-19 pandemic : the role of others' beliefs
Bui, Dzung; Dräger, Lena; Hayo, Bernd; Giang Hong Nghiem - 2021
This paper investigates the direct and indirect effects of others' beliefs on respondents' own beliefs and consumer … pandemic, we implement two information treatments. Both treatments contain cross-country information about others' beliefs … sentiment in Vietnam is strongly affected by both treatments when the information goes against respondents’ prior beliefs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500548
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Ambiguity attitudes and surprises : experimental evidence on communicating new information within a large population sample
Minnich, Aljoscha; Roggenkamp, Hauke; Lange, Andreas - 2023
This paper investigates ambiguity attitudes for natural events (temperatures) and how they are updated following new information. Using a general population sample, we first obtain baseline ambiguity attitudes for future weather events based on real temperatures over several past days. Second,...
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