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Using administrative data, we study the role of attribution bias in a high-stakes, consequential decision: the choice … of results is consistent with attribution bias and difficult to reconcile with competing explanations. …
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behaviors and outcomes, universalists donate less money locally but more globally, are less likely to exhibit home bias in …
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based on proper science. The present paper explores sources of bias in the methods used to evaluate environmental policy in …
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We empirically assess whether hindsight bias has consequences on how citizens evaluate their political actors. Using an …. Exogenous variation in the extent of hindsight bias, induced through random assignment to survey structures, allows us to show … that hindsight bias causally reduces trust in government. …
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In a large-scale online experiment with U.S. Democrats, we examine how the demand for a newsletter about an economic relief plan changes when the newsletter content is fact-checked. We first document an overall muted demand for fact-checking when the newsletter features stories from an...
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We examine partisan bias in inflation expectations. Our dataset includes inflation expectations of the New York Fed … on how partisans respond to changes in the White House's occupant (partisan bias). The results also corroborate the …
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In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these students will perform. This paper examines the relationship...
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The Great Recession brought large increases in unemployment and college enrollment; we explore how changing labor market conditions affected the decision to enroll, focusing on the role of state-specific dimensions of Unemployment Insurance (UI) policy. We measure the enrollment response to...
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We consider the effects of student ability, college quality, and the interaction between the two on academic outcomes and future earnings using data on two cohorts of college enrollees drawn from the NLSY-79 and the NLSY-97. We find that student sorting has increased modestly between cohorts,...
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