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A framework for separating individual treatment effects from spillover, interaction, and general equilibrium effects
Huber, Martin; Steinmayr, Andreas - 2017
This paper suggests a causal framework for disentangling individual level treatment effects and interference effects, i.e., general equilibrium, spillover, or interaction effects related to treatment distribution. Thus, the framework allows for a relaxation of the Stable Unit Treatment Value...
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Machine learning for treatment effect heterogeneity : recovering partial effects
Guttman, Elad; Leventer, Dor; Saporta-Eksten, Itay; … - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014342246
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Misappropriation of R&D subsidies : estimating treatment effects with one-sided noncompliance
Boeing, Philipp; Peters, Bettina - 2021
In evaluating the effectiveness of R&D subsidies, the literature has focused on potential crowding out effects, while the possibility of misappropriation of public funds that results from moral hazard behavior has been completely neglected. This study develops a theoretical framework with which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012661468
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Beliefs and actions in the trust game : creating instrumental variables to estimate the causal effect
Costa-Gomes, Miguel A.; Huck, Steffen; Weizsäcker, Georg - 2012
In many economic contexts, an elusive variable of interest is the agent's belief about relevant events, e.g. about other agents' behavior. A growing number of surveys and experiments ask participants to state beliefs explicitly but little is known about the causal relation between beliefs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009583740
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On the relationship between cognitive ability and risk preference
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - 2018
This paper focuses on the relationship between cognitive ability and decision making under risk and uncertainty. We begin by clarifying some important distinctions between concepts and measurement of risk preference and cognitive ability and then take stock of what is known empirically on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011899243
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Do intensive guidance programs reduce social inequality in the transition to higher education in Germany? : experimental evidence from the ZuBAb study 0.5 years after high school g...
Erdmann, Melinda; Pietrzyk, Irena Magdalena; Helbig, Marcel - 2022
This paper examines the effect of an intensive counseling program to promote university access among students who are eligible for university. Using data from the experimental panel study ZuBAb, we examine the average effect on university enrollment directly after high school graduation and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166736
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Covid-19 crisis fuels hostility against foreigners
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; … - 2020 - This version: June 2020, revised version
Aggressive behavior against out-group members often rises during periods of economic hardship and health pandemics. Here, we test the widespread concern that the Covid-19 crisis may fuel hostility against people from other nations or ethnic minorities. Using a controlled money-burning task, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012237475
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Information, financial aid and training participation : evidence from a randomized field experiment
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2016
voucher program in 2008 that reduces training fees by half. Based on a randomized field experiment, this paper analyzes … exists at the time of the experiment. The information intervention informed a random sample of eligible employees by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455040
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COVID-19 and pro-sociality: How do donors respond to local pandemic severity, increased salience, and media coverage?
Adena, Maja; Harke, Julian - 2021
order to answer these questions, we conducted a real-donation online experiment with more than 4,200 participants from 149 … experiment฀like approach, we studied how the relative local severity of the pandemic and media coverage about local COVID-19 … severity affected giving in our experiment. We found that both higher local severity and more related articles increased giving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624801
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COVID-19 and pro-sociality : how do donors respond to local pandemic severity, increased salience, and media coverage?
Adena, Maja; Harke, Julian - 2022
order to answer these questions, we conducted a real-donation online experiment with more than 4,200 participants from 149 … experiment-like approach, we studied how the relative local severity of the pandemic and media coverage about local COVID-19 … severity affected giving in our experiment. We found that both higher local severity and more related articles increased giving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193272