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Overconfidence and gun preferences : how behavioral biases affect your safety
Cafferata, Fernando G.; Domínguez, Patricio; … - 2023
Overconfidence leads to risky behavior, including when people are around guns. Does overconfidence also shape attitudes about gun ownership and use? We evaluate this possibility by conducting nationally representative surveys in six countries in the Americas, including the United States. Results...
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Nudging the trendsetters : increasing second-dose HPV vaccination in Bogota, Colombia
Martínez, Déborah; Díaz, Lina; Maldonado Zambrano, … - 2023
This study investigates the effectiveness of dynamic norm nudges in promoting second-dose HPV vaccinations among … from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field experiment, we measure the impact of various norm nudges, including trending …, qualitative, and quantitative dynamic norms, on actual vaccination rates. Contrary to our hypothesis, dynamic norms alone fail to …
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Identity, homophily and in-group bias
Currarini, Sergio; Menge, Friederike - 2012
Many Social Interactions display either or both of the following well documented phenomena. People tend to interact with similar others (homophily). And they tend to treat others more favorably if they are perceived to share the same identity (in-group bias). While both phenomena involve some...
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Transparency and trust in government : evidence from a survey experiment
Alessandro, Martin; Scartascini, Carlos G.; Torrealday, … - 2019
Does providing information improve citizens' perception about government transparency? Does all information matter the same for shaping perceptions about the government? This paper addresses these questions in the context of an online randomized survey experiment conducted in Argentina. Results...
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Homophily and infections : static and dynamic effects
Bizzarri, Matteo; Panebianco, Fabrizio; Pin, Paolo - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014304328
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It's a sure win! : experimental evidence on overconfidence in betting behavior
Chegere, Martin; Falco, Paolo; Nieddu, Marco G.; … - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226821
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Does birth underregistration reduce childhood immunization? : evidence from the Dominican Republic
Corbacho, Ana; Brito, Sreve; Osorio Rivas, René - 2013
probability of vaccination against polio, diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus-once leading causes of child morbidity and infant … mortality. In addition, untimely vaccination costs governments billions per year in treatment and rehabilitation. …
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Did you get your shots? : experimental evidence on the role of reminders
Busso, Matias; Cristia, Julian; Humpage, Sarah - 2015
whether personal reminders can increase demand for vaccination. A field experiment was conducted in rural Guatemala in which … probability of vaccination completion by 2.2 percentage points among all children in treatment communities. Moreover, for children … date, the probability of vaccination completion increased by 4.9 percentage points. The cost of an additional child with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011292970
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Selecting the most effective nudge : evidence from a large-scale experiment on immunization
Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Chandrasekhar, Arun G.; Dalpath, … - 2021
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