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We investigate the reaction of Italian Members of Parliament to a rigorous fact-checking of their public statements. Our research design relies on a novel randomized field experiment in collaboration with the leading Italian fact-checking company. Our results show that politicians are responsive...
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This study is framed against the increasingly stringent environmental demands on the pulp and paper industry since the late-1980s to reduce water and air pollution, and the global economic slowdown of the early-1990s. The primary focus of this paper is an observation-based analysis conducted by...
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Computers are an important part of modern education, yet large segments of the population - especially low-income and minority children - lack access to a computer at home. Does this impede educational achievement? We test this hypothesis by conducting the largest-ever field experiment involving...
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We estimate the relationship between students ̕educational achievement and the availability and use of computers at home and at school in the international student-level PISA database. Bivariate analyses show a positive correlation between student achievement and the availability of computers...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to pervade the economic and social life rendering strategic interactions with artificial agents more and more common. At the same time, experimental economic research has increasingly employed computer players to advance our understanding of strategic...
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Further Education colleges are a key way in which 16-19 year olds acquire skills in the UK (much like US Community Colleges), especially those from low income backgrounds. Yet, little is known about what could improve performance in these institutions. We design and conduct the world’s first...
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We study how income inequality affects the social value of a dynamic public good, such as natural capital. Our theory … problem of major relevance for the accounting of public natural capital as required by international treaties is to transfer … values between study and policy contexts, or to up-scale values from study sites to the national scale. Our theory provides …
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We undertake a trade-growth accounting exercise by decomposing data on changes in bilateral international trade flows …
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question, we analyze European Union (EU) initiatives that harmonized accounting and auditing standards. Regulatory … harmonization should reduce economic mobility barriers, essentially making it easier for accounting professionals to move across … countries. Our research design compares the cross-border migration of accounting professionals relative to tightly-matched other …
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