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We analyze two experiments that provided direct information on school test scores to lower-income families in a public … school choice plan. We find that receiving information significantly increases the fraction of parents choosing higher … disadvantaged students when parents have easy access to test score information and have good options to choose from …
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This paper analyzes a randomized experiment to shed light on the role of information and social interactions in … encouraged a random sample of employees in a subset of departments to attend a benefits information fair organized by the …
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incentives and risk-taking is more nuanced and depends critically on the availability of information about peers' strategies and … outcomes. Indeed, we find that when no peer information is available, relative rewards schemes are associated with … significantly less risk-taking than non-competitive rewards. In contrast, when decision-makers receive information about their peers …
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We study the information aggregation properties of unanimous voting rules in the laboratory. In line with theoretical …
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We develop online survey experiments to analyze how information about inequality and taxes affects preferences for … redistribution. Approximately 4,000 respondents were randomized into treatments providing interactive, customized information on U …
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In randomized field experiments, we embedded one- to two-sentence anchoring, goal-setting, or savings threshold cues in emails to employees about their 401(k) savings plan. We find that anchors increase or decrease 401(k) contribution rates by up to 1.9% of income. A high savings goal example...
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