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The sequencing of gift exchange : a field trial
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2017
field experiment that compares the principal-first and agent-first orderings to each other and a gift-less control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647476
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Lab measures of other-regarding preferences can predict some related on-the-job behavior : evidence from a large scale field experiment
Burks, Stephen V.; Nosenzo, Daniele; Anderson, Jon; … - 2016
We measure a specific form of other-regarding behavior, costly cooperation with an anonymous other, among 645 subjects at a trucker training program in the Midwestern US. Using subjects' second-mover strategy in a sequential form of the Prisoners' Dilemma, we categorize subjects as: Free Rider,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453418
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The shape of warm glow : field experimental evidence from a fundraiser
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2018
for participants claiming warm glow as their primary motivation, its shape is increasing and concave. Nevertheless …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011898935
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Incentives and the design of charitable fundraisers : lessons from a field experiment
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans - 2015
experiment randomly assigning participants to four raffle treatments to examine the effectiveness of alternative incentive … revenue gains are available on both margins. Our experiment, and others like it, illustrates the power of field experiments to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010502690
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Insurance versus savings for the poor : why one should offer either both or none
Landmann, Andreas; Vollan, Björn; Frölich, Markus - 2012
This paper analyzes data from a novel field experiment designed to test the impact of two different insurance products … ; savings ; informal risk sharing ; crowding out ; field lab experiment ; Philippines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530291
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The misaddressed letter experiment
Leigh, Gweneth; Leigh, Andrew - 2018
We design a new field experiment to test pro-social behaviour: will a household return a letter that has been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011796408
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Gender differences in shirking : monitoring or social preferences? ; evidence from a field experiment
Johansson, Per-Olov; Karimi, Arizo; Nilsson, J. Peter - 2014
. Using exogenous variation in work absence induced by a randomized field experiment that increased treated workers' absence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348864
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Self-selection into economics experiments is driven by monetary rewards
Abeler, Johannes; Nosenzo, Daniele - 2013
over-estimation of social preferences in the student population. -- methodology ; selection bias ; laboratory experiment … ; field experiment ; other-regarding behavior ; social preferences ; social approval ; experimenter demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740435
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Social norms or enforcement? : a natural field experiment to improve traffic and parking fine compliance
Sinning, Mathias; Zhang, Yinjunjie - 2021
potential mechanisms through which these letters may affect fine compliance and present results from a natural field experiment …
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More women in tech? : evidence from a field experiment addressing social identity
Del Carpio, Lucía; Guadalupe, Maria - 2018
This paper investigates whether social identity considerations-through beliefs and normsdrive women's occupational choices. We implement two field experiments with potential applicants to a five-month software-coding program offered to women from low-income backgrounds in Peru and Mexico. When...
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