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We implement a new survey of firms, focusing on their higher-order macroeconomic expectations. The survey provides a novel set of stylized facts regarding the relationship between first-order and higher-order expectations of economic agents, including how they adjust their beliefs in response to...
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questions, we conducted a field experiment with a sample of 2,060 employees from a multibilliondollar corporation. We make use …
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Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have spread worldwide, and are designed to promote comprehensive human capital investments in children, starting from encouraging pre-natal and maternal care and early childhood health interventions and continuing through incentivizing school attendance....
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linked via a network to those who are treated. A large-scale randomized field experiment enables us to examine both the …
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of the best opportunities. This paper evaluates a field experiment in Mexico in which a quasi-experimental sample of new … upgrades had no detectable impact on electricity use or thermal comfort, with essentially identical temperature and humidity … up to a 26% decrease in electricity use. Part of the explanation is that air conditioner ownership is lower than expected …
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We conduct a field experiment to test the demand for flexibility and for soft and hard commitment among clients of a …
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We report the results of a field experiment where we exogenously vary the use of social comparisons "nudges" and … durable goods. We therefore can compare the causal effect of financial incentives and nudges along two margins, audits, which … we liken to search, and purchase of durables. Using data on nearly 100,000 households, we document an asymmetry; nudges …
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We present experimental evidence on the impact of a personalized technology-aided after-school instruction program on learning outcomes. Our setting is middle-school grades in urban India, where a lottery provided winning students with a voucher to cover program costs. We find that lottery...
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donations to the charity; in this case donor premiums would be ineffective. We conduct a field experiment in conjunction with …
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Governments play a central role in facilitating economic development. Yet while economists have long emphasized the importance of government quality, historically they have paid less attention to the internal workings of the state and the individuals who provide the public services. This paper...
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