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We propose a technique for assessing robustness of behavioral measures and treatment effects to experimenter demand effects. The premise is that by deliberately inducing demand in a structured way we can measure its influence and construct plausible bounds on demand-free behavior. We provide...
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discuss the measurement of subjective beliefs, including the role of incentives and ways to reduce measurement error. We also …
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How does a citizen’s decision to participate in political activism depend on the participation of others? We conduct a nation-wide natural field experiment in collaboration with a major European party during a recent national election. In a seemingly unrelated survey, we randomly provide...
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We study the long-run effects of contact with individuals from other regions on beliefs, preferences and national …
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We study the long-run effects of contact with individuals from other regions on beliefs, preferences and national …
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experts. Moreover, narratives about the drivers of the inflation increase are strongly correlated with beliefs about its …
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Workers wrongly anchor their beliefs about outside options on their current wage. In particular, low-paid workers … underestimate wages elsewhere. We document this anchoring bias by eliciting workers' beliefs in a representative survey in Germany … particularly pronounced among workers in low-wage firms. If workers had correct beliefs, at least 10% of jobs, concentrated in low …
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Workers wrongly anchor their beliefs about outside options on their current wage. In particular, low-paid workers … underestimate wages elsewhere. We document this anchoring bias by eliciting workers' beliefs in a representative survey in Germany … particularly pronounced among workers in low-wage firms. If workers had correct beliefs, at least 10% of jobs, concentrated in low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882539
We examine how beliefs about the debt-to-GDP ratio affect people's attitudes towards government spending and taxation …
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discuss the measurement of subjective beliefs, including the role of incentives and ways to reduce measurement error. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013202264