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In many cultures and industries gifts are given in order to influence the recipient, often at the expense of a third … party. Examples include business gifts of firms and lobbyists. In a series of experiments, we show that, even without … incentive or informational effects, small gifts strongly influence the recipient's behavior in favor of the gift giver, in …
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estimating the privacy elasticity of public-good contributions in a lab experiment …
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We examine misconduct in credence good markets with price taking experts. We propose a market-level model in which price-taking experts extract surplus based on the value of their firm's brand and their own skill. We test the predictions of the model using sales complaint data for exclusive and...
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We investigate gift exchange relationships in real jobs, making use of a field quasi-experiment associated with the …
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I study how policymakers can access and act on the information about climate change damages that is dispersed throughout the economy. I analyze a new dynamic deposit-refund instrument (called "carbon shares") that I show can: i) efficiently price emissions conditional on information, ii)...
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We study a sequential experimentation model with endogenous feedback. Agents choose between a safe and risky action, the latter generating stochastic rewards. When making this choice, each agent is selfishly motivated (myopic). However, agents can disclose their experiences to a public record,...
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for instrumental purposes. We then present an experiment that tests these ideas in the laboratory and finds support for …
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In SIR models, infection rates are typically exogenous, whereas individuals adjust their behavior in reality. City-level data across the globe suggest that mobility falls in response to fear, proxied by Google searches. Incorporating experimentally validated measures of social preferences at the...
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We present the first direct evidence on the relative quality of public and private healthcare in a low-income setting, using a unique set of audit studies. We sent standardized (fake) patients to rural primary care providers in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, and recorded the quality of care...
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effects of fake reviews on individual demand and welfare. We conduct an incentive-compatible online experiment with a …
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