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We analyze a national sample of Americans with respect to their debt literacy, financial experiences, and their judgments about the extent of their indebtedness. Debt literacy is measured by questions testing knowledge of fundamental concepts related to debt and by self-assessed financial...
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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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Several papers study the effect of trust by using the answer to the World Values Survey (WVS) question "Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?" to measure the level of trust. Glaeser et al. (2000) question the...
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delivery. With this goal in mind, we conduct a large-scale, randomized experiment that includes more than 70,000 advertisers on …
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evaluation modes, in which stated economic values critically depend on whether the good is valued jointly with others or in …
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Criteria for evaluating school choice mechanisms are first, whether truth-telling is sometimes punished and second, how efficient the match is. With common knowledge preferences, Deferred Acceptance (DA) dominates the Boston mechanism by the first criterion and is ambiguously ranked by the...
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We conduct a laboratory experiment to examine how third-party ratings impact charity choice and donative behavior …
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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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manufacturer to experiment with different designs of phone-based worker surveys. Garbling responses to sensitive questions by …
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Underrepresentation of minority and poor households in scientific studies undermines policy decisions and public health. We study data from a serological study that randomized participation incentives. Participation is low (6% at $0, 17% at $100, 29% at $500) and unequal: minority and poor...
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