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Differences in How and Why Social Comparison and Real-Time Feedback Impact Resource Use : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Andor, Mark Andreas; Götte, Lorenz; Price, Michael Keith; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We compare the behavior and welfare effects of two popular interventions for resource conservation. The first intervention is social comparison reports (SC), which primarily provide consumers with information motivating behavioral change. The second intervention is real-time feedback (RTF),...
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Malleability of Alcohol Consumption : Evidence from Migrants
Hinnosaar, Marit; Liu, Elaine M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
How malleable is alcohol consumption? Specifically, how much is alcohol consumption driven by the current environment versus individual characteristics? To answer this question, we analyze changes in alcohol purchases when consumers move from one state to another in the United States. We find...
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The Cost of Imbalance in Clinical Trials
Chassang, Sylvain; Feng, Rong - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Clinical trials following the "gold standard" of random assignment frequently use independent lotteries to allocate patients to treatment and control arms. However, independent assignment can generate treatment and control arms that are unbalanced (i.e. treatment and control populations with...
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How Consumer Price Subsidies affect Nutrition
Kaushal, Neeraj - 2013
We study the effect on nutrition of an exogenous increase in food grain subsidy in rural India resulting from a program … grains that are cheaper, yet taste-wise, inferior sources of nutrition, but had no effect on calorie, protein and fat intake … nutrition are also negligible. We find evidence that the decline in the price of wheat and rice, changed consumption patterns …
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A Simple Rational Expectations Model of the Voltage Effect
Al-Ubaydli, Omar; Lai, Chien-Yu; List, John A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The "voltage effect" is defined as the tendency for a program's efficacy to change when it is scaled up, which in most cases results in the absolute size of a program's treatment effects to diminish when the program is scaled. Understanding the scaling problem and taking steps to diminish...
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From Syringes to Dishes : Improving Food Security through Vaccination
Aslim, Erkmen Giray; Fu, Wei; Tekin, Erdal; You, Shijun - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
programs, specifically by reducing participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which suggests that …
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Trends in the School Lunch Program : Changes in Selection, Nutrition & Health
Bonomo, Therese; Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
There has been significant media attention on the issue of childhood obesity, leading policymakers to reform the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to include stricter nutritional requirements. We use data on school lunch menus to document improvements in the nutritional quality of school...
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To Go Electric or To Burn Coal? A Randomized Field Experiment of Informational Nudges
Fang, Hanming; Li, King King; Shen, Peiyao - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Coal heating in residential homes is an important source of indoor air pollution, leading to detrimental health effects. We conduct a randomized field experiment in northern China using three types of SMS campaigns targeting three potential biases that may hinder the adoption of electric...
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Toward an Understanding of the Economics of Prosumers : Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
List, John A. - 2024
Prosumers are becoming increasingly important in global energy consumption and production. We partner with an energy service provider in Sweden to explore the economics facing such agents by conducting a natural field experiment over a 32-month period. As a policy instrument, we explore how...
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Quality Signaling and Demand for Renewable Energy Technology : Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Coville, Aidan; Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Reichert, Arndt R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Solar technologies have been associated with private and social returns, but their technological potential often remains unachieved because of persistently low demand for high-quality products. In a randomized field experiment in Senegal, we assess the potential of three types of quality...
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