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usefulness of the approach in the context of field experiments on gift exchange. Our results suggest that a BS design requires …
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usefulness of the approach in the context of field experiments on gift exchange. Our results suggest that a BS design requires …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010428809
There is by now ample evidence from laboratory experiments that individuals exhibit "prosocial" or "other … laboratory experiments with 645 subjects at a trucker training program in the Midwestern US. The experiment use a version of the …
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We measure a specific form of other-regarding behavior, costly cooperation with an anonymous other, among 645 subjects at a trucker training program in the Midwestern US. Using subjects' second-mover strategy in a sequential form of the Prisoners' Dilemma, we categorize subjects as: Free Rider,...
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Basic methods to compute the required sample size are well understood and supported by widely available software. However, the sophistication of the sample size methods commonly used has not kept pace with the complexity of the experimental designs most often employed in practice. In this paper,...
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During the last two decades, laboratory experiments have come into increasing prominence and constitute a popular … these experiments can be extrapolated to the real world and whether, for example, sample selection into the experiment might … representative datasets as a means to overcome some of the limitations of lab experiments. We also outline how large representative …
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Gender gaps in financial literacy are pervasive and persistent. They are partly explained because women choose "I do not know" more frequently. We test for the effectiveness of three interventions to shift this behavior. The control survey includes the possibility of "I do not know". The three...
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Balanced experimental designs, in which the number of treatment and control units are the same, do not maximize power subject to a cost constraint when treat-ment units are more expensive than control ones. Despite this, such balanced designs are the norm in economics. This paper describes...
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We study the relative effectiveness of contracts that are framed either in terms of bonuses or penalties. In one set of treatments subjects know at the time of effort provision whether they have achieved the bonus / avoided the penalty. In another set of treatments subjects only learn the...
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In the laboratory experiment reported in this paper we explore how evolving institutions and social norms, which we label 'culture', change individuals' preferences and behaviour in mainland China. From 1949 China experienced dramatic changes in its socio-economic institutions. These began with...
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