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so. In this paper we develop an economic theory of unhealthy food choice, and use a Discrete Choice Experiment to … discriminate between the theoretical parameters. Differences in health knowledge appear to be responsible for the greatest part of … the education disparity in diet. However, when faced with the most explicit health information regarding diet, lower …
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In non-experimental sciences the errors associated with model misspecifications in primarystudies carry over to meta-analysis. We use Monte Carlo simulations to analyse the effects ofthese misspecifications on results of a meta-analysis using a meta-estimator that calculates asimple average...
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We evaluate the impact of technology adoption subsidies on in- vestment behavior in an individual choice experiment. In …
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We ran a field experiment in a Dutch retail chain consisting of 128 stores. In a random sample of these stores, we …
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-exchange experiment. The promotion campaign allowed guests to pay any non negative amount of money for a stay in one of 36 hotels in …
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We manipulate workers' perceived meaning of a job in a field experiment. Half of the workers are informed that their …
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We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company …. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the …
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This paper makes use of two field experiments to explore individual effort responses to gifts. We extend the literature by looking at nonfinancial gifts and gifts that combine financial and nonfinancial elements with or without adding a ``personal touch.'' We find that non-pecuniary gifts that...
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experiment, we show that men are more likely than women to start and keep competing after receiving positive feedback. In a third … experiment, we show that the gender difference in the reaction to losing is not present when winning and losing are random rather …
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-referenced) and the relative (i.e., norm-referenced) grading schemes in a large-scale field experiment at a university. We hypothesize …
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