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When incentives backfire : spillover effects in food choice
Angelucci, Manuela; Prina, Silvia; Royer, Heather; … - 2015
' incentives. In a field experiment on snack choice (grapes versus cookies), we randomize who receives incentives, the fraction of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308981
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Fungibility, labels, and consumption
Abeler, Johannes (contributor); Marklein, Felix (contributor) - 2008
another and that the composition of income is irrelevant for consumption. We find in a field experiment that even in a simple … change consumption according to the suggestion of the label. A controlled laboratory experiment confirms this result and … consumers ; field experiment ; laboratory experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716538
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How to help the poor to save a bit : evidence from a field experiment in Kenya
Akbas, Merve; Ariely, Dan; Robalino Aguirre, David A.; … - 2016
financial incentives can increase the saving rate of individuals with low and irregular income. Our experiment lasted for six …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011497226
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Improving tax compliance without increasing revenue: evidence from population-wide randomized controlled trials in Papua New Guinea
Hoy, Christopher; McKenzie, Luke; Sinning, Mathias - 2020
This paper studies the impact of "nudges" on taxpayers with varying tax compliance histories in Papua New Guinea. We present the results from two population-wide randomized controlled trials in a setting that is characterized by low compliance rates and a lack of effective enforcement. We test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242367
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Psychological pressure and the right to determine the moves in dynamic tournaments: evidence from a natural field experiment
Kassis, Mark; Schmidt, Sascha Leonard; Schreyer, Dominik; … - 2020
In this paper, we show that the right to determine the sequence of moves in a dynamic team tournament improves the chances of winning the contest. Because studying dynamic team tournaments - like R&D races - with interim feedback is difficult with company data, we examine decisions of highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271547
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Compliance behavior in networks : evidence from a field experiment
Drago, Francesco; Mengel, Friederike; Traxler, Christian - 2015
Austria. We exploit random variation from a field experiment which varied the content of mailings sent to potential evaders of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376178
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Program evaluation and spillover effects
Angelucci, Manuela; Di Maro, Vincenzo - 2015
field experiment to measure the average effects of the treatment on eligible and ineligible subjects for the program in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517040
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Free-riding and knowledge spillovers in teams : the role of social ties
De Paola, Maria; Gioia, Francesca; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2016
We investigate whether and how social ties affect performance in teams by implementing a field experiment in which a … second individual test after the conclusion of the experiment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543736
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Credence goods markets and the informational value of new media : a natural field experiment
Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Neururer, Daniel; Sutter, Matthias - 2019
' reviews on social media platforms in search for trustworthy sellers. We present a natural field experiment that examines the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985996
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Financial literacy, experimental preference measures and field behavior : a randomized educational intervention
Sutter, Matthias; Weyland, Michael; Untertrifaller, Anna; … - 2023
We present the results of a randomized intervention to study how teaching financial literacy to 16-year old high-school students affects their behavior in risk and time preference tasks. Compared to two different control treatments, we find that teaching financial literacy makes subjects behave...
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