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teaching job). We run a randomized information experiment where we provide students with information on the pecuniary and non … administrative transcript records, we find that the intervention had small (and weak) impacts on the decision to minor in education …
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neural responses to the pertinent prospects when they are not engaged in actual decision making. The ability to make such …
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observable exogenous causes. We explore an alternative approach that generates predictions based on relationships across decision … experiment, we find that this method yields accurate estimates of price sensitivities for a collection of products under …
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feedback at one point in time and making decisions later. Using a controlled experiment, with two sessions one week apart, we … analyze the dynamic effects of feedback on beliefs about own performance and decision-making across two different domains …
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In this chapter, we discuss field experiments in surveys that are conducted with the purpose of learning about expectation formation and the link between expectations and behavior. We begin by reviewing the rationale for conducting experiments within surveys, rather than just relying on...
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experiment embedded in a survey of female university students at a large public university in Saudi Arabia. We randomly provided …
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experiment, face-to-face communication with a randomly assigned peer significantly improves the quality of private decisions … transmits financial decision-making skills most effectively when peers are equally uninformed, rather than when an informed … decision maker teaches an uninformed peer. Qualitative analysis of subjects' discussions supports this interpretation. The …
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versus equal outcomes). In a laboratory experiment, the most common behavioral pattern is for subjects to select the ex ante …
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. We use a survey experiment to generate direct evidence on how people acquire and process information, in the context of …
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This paper provides evidence concerning the extent to which consumers of liquor employ commitment devices. One widely recommended commitment strategy is to regulate alcohol consumption by deliberately manipulating availability. The paper assesses the prevalence of the "availability strategy" by...
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