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design and implementation characteristics such as the use of financial incentives, deception, and the way information is … does not make sense to report experimental results without reporting the design and implementation choices that were made …. -- Duhem-Quine problem ; experimental design ; experimental implementation ; financial incentives ; deception …
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We use a unique hand collected data set of 6 258 auctions from the online football manager game Hattrick to study micro-patterns of reserve price formation. We find that chosen reserve prices exhibit both, very sophisticated and irrationalʺ behavior by the sellers. Reserve prices pick up the...
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-based surveys are substantially larger - doubling implementation cost - our estimates imply that when adjusted for the probability …
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We ran a field experiment at a large Dutch school for intermediate vocational education to examine whether the response … experiment to assess their own performance on the same items. We find a precisely estimated zero average treatment effect of … receiving student feedback on student evaluation scores a year later. However, teachers whose self-assessment before the …
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While the significance of narrative thinking has been increasingly recognized by social scientists, very little empirical research has documented its consequences for economically significant outcomes. The current paper addresses this gap in one important domain: valuations. In three...
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Experimental and behavioral economics are well established branches in the economic science. This essay presents and discusses some results and behavioral regularities from these fields which are of potential importance for public policy. After a brief introduction of what experimental and...
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The paper analyses theoretically what role fiscal councils could play and surveys empirically the activities of existing councils. Case studies of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council and the UK Office for Budget Responsibility are done. It is concluded that fiscal councils should be advisory,...
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The paper analyses how independent fiscal watchdogs (fiscal policy councils) can strengthen the incentives for fiscal discipline. By increasing fiscal transparency they can raise the awareness of the long-run costs of current deficits and increase the reputational costs for governments of...
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This paper presents the case for tax progressivity based on recent results in optimal tax theory. We consider the optimal progressivity of earnings taxation and whether capital income should be taxed. We critically discuss the academic research on these topics and when and how the results can be...
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