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Reputation systems aim to induce honest behavior in online trade by providing information about past conduct of users …. Online reputation, however, is not directly connected to a person, but only to the virtual identity of that person. Users can … therefore shed a negative reputation by creating a new account. We study the effects of such identity changes on the efficiency …
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We address the question of whether media influences occupational choices. To theoretically examine media effects, we construct a dynamic Bayesian occupational choice model with sequential decisions under ambiguity due to imperfect information. We show that sufficiently intensive positive media...
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survey. Even if nonresponse is random, severe bias attaches to wage equation coefficient estimates on attributes not matched …
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The randomized trial literature has helped to renew the fields of microeconometric policy evaluation by emphasizing identification issues raised by endogenous program participation. Measurement and attrition issues have perhaps received less attention. This paper analyzes the dramatic impact of...
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We study the impact of media bias on tax compliance. Through a framed laboratory experiment, we assess how the exposure … significant reaction in respect to the neutral condition, suggesting that participants perceive the media negativity bias in the …
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new method to correct for attrition bias. We rely on a 10-years longitudinal data set with a final attrition rate of 10 …
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This paper studies the pro-poor bias of contemporary trade policy in India by estimating the household welfare effects …
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endogeneity and attrition/non-response bias, using two instrumental variables. Making use of a discrete instrument for the …
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economists in 19 countries, we examine the effect of ideological bias on views among economists. Participants were asked to …, research area, and undergraduate major, with patterns consistent with the existence of ideological bias …
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Ever since Sjaastad (1962), researchers have struggled to quantify the psychic costs of migration. We monetize psychic cost as the wage premium for moving to a culturally different location. We combine administrative social security panel data with a proxy for cultural difference based on...
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