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Let's (not) get together! : the role of social norms in social distancing during COVID-19

Martinez, Deborah; Parilli, Cristina; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2021

norms. We asked each of 23,000 survey respondents in Mexico to predict how a fictional person would behave when faced with … four social norms conditions. Expecting that other people would attend the gathering and/or believing that other people … about COVID-19 preventive measures. They also suggest that policies aimed at modifying social norms or making existing ones …

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Can a budget recording tool teach financial skills to youth? : experimental evidence from a financial diaries study

Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Herrera, Alejandro; Prina, … - 2021

We study the impact of a mobile app to record daily financial transactions, coupled with enumerator monitoring visits every two weeks, on youths' investment in financial literacy and financial behavior. The treatment led to a positive and statistically significant effect on financial literacy...

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Technology, identification, and access to social programs : experimental evidence from Panama

Reyes, Angela; Roseth, Benjamin; Cossío, Diego … - 2021

-income individuals. The results suggest that policies to increase ownership of valid identity documentation can reduce inclusion errors …

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Increasing the take-up of public health services : an experiment on nudges and digital tools in Uruguay

Cuesta, Ana; Delgado, Lucia; Gallegos, Sebastián; … - 2021

In this paper, we test whether promoting digital government tools increases the take-up of an important public health prevention service: cervical cancer screening. We implemented an at-scale field experiment in Uruguay, randomly encouraging women to make medical appointments with a digital...

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Policy misperceptions, information, and the demand for redistributive tax reform : experimental evidence from Latin American countries

Ardanaz, Martin; Hübscher, Evelyne; Keefer, Philip; … - 2022

Why do individuals' preferences for redistribution often diverge widely from their material self-interest? Using an original online survey experiment spanning eight countries and 12,000 respondents across Latin America, one of the most unequal regions in the world, we find significant evidence...

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Does reluctance to share personal data reduce citizen demand for personalized services? : evidence from a survey experiment

Aguirre, Florencia; Roseth, Benjamin; Santamaria, Julieth - 2024

Two seemingly contradictory trends have accompanied the rise of digital transformation: a demand for better and more customized services, which require the use of personal data, and a concern for data protection. How do we reconcile these divergent trends? The answer to this question may...

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The promises of digital bank accounts for low-income individuals

Romero, Karla Hernández; Cossío, Diego Alejandro Vera; … - 2024

The push for adopting digital modes of payment rests on three promises: increased efficiency of transactions, increased financial inclusion, and improvements in the financial well-being of low-income individuals. We experimentally test the extent to which these promises are fulfilled. We exploit...

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Dynamic inconsistency, commitment, and welfare in strategic settings

Ivanov, Asen - 2023

The choices of a dynamically inconsistent individual depend on whether she commits to consumption ahead of time or chooses consumption in the moment. In individual-choice settings, it is normatively ambiguous whether such an individual’s choices with commitment or in the moment are "better"....

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Patents versus subsidies : a laboratory experiment

Darai, Donja; Großer, Jens; Trhal, Nadja - 2009

This paper studies the effects of patents and subsidies on R&D investment decisions. The theoretical framework is a two-stage game consisting of an investment and a market stage. In equilibrium, both patents and subsidies induce the same amount of R&D investment, which is higher than the...

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Self-reinforcing market dominance

Halbheer, Daniel; Fehr, Ernst; Götte, Lorenz; … - 2007

Are initial competitive advantages self-reinforcing, so that markets exhibit an endogenous tendency to be dominated by only a few firms? Although this question is of great economic importance, no systematic empirical study has yet addressed it. Therefore, we examine experimentally whether firms...

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