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We assess selection bias in estimated returns to workplace training by exploiting a field experiment with random …-experimental estimates that are estimated by using a sample of agents who were selected by management not to participate in the experiment …. When controlling for pre-treatment performance or individual fixed effects, only about one tenth of this bias remains and …
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We assess selection bias in estimated returns to workplace training by exploiting a field experiment with random …-experimental estimates that are estimated by using a sample of agents who were selected by management not to participate in the experiment …. When controlling for pre-treatment performance or individual fixed effects, only about one tenth of this bias remains and …
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advertised entity. In the first experiment, we randomize the number of social cues present in word-of-mouth advertising, and … measure how responses increase as a function of the number of cues. The second experiment examines the effect of augmenting …
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We present preliminary results from a small-scale natural field experiment aimed at exploring online social contagion …
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Using a high-stakes field experiment conducted with a financial brokerage, we implement a novel design to separately …
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A large body of chiefly laboratory research has attempted to demonstrate that people can exhibit choice-averse behavior from cognitive overload when faced with many options. However, meta-analyses of these studies, which are generally of one or two product lines, reveal conflicting results....
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. In this paper, we present a novel randomized experiment that tests the existence of causal peer influence in the general …
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and in-store purchases. We use a randomized field experiment on 3 million Yahoo! users who are also past customers of the …
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-appeal products than for broad-appeal products. We examine this hypothesis empirically using field experiment data from a web site …
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We present findings from a controlled field experiment that allows us to investigate the dynamic effects of retail …
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