In this paper we analyze the effect of information on respondents’ willingness to pay to avoid power outages in Sweden …, by employing an open-ended contingent valuation survey.Two aspects of information are tested; (i) if increased experience … positive WTP. Thus,information seems to affect the proportion of respondents with a zero WTP, and implications of this on …

We study the origins of support for gender-related affirmative action (AA) in two pre-registered online experiments (N … treatments to disentangle the preference for AA stemming from i) perceived gender differences in productivity, ii) beliefs about … AA effects on productivity, or iii) other non-material motives. To test i), we provide information to employers that …

administrative data to understand what drives gender bias in such evaluations in the technology industry. Our results highlight the … performance measures does not reduce the gender gap. Our second experiment removed video interaction, and compared blind to non …-blind evaluations. No gender gap is present in either case. These results rule out traditional economic models of discrimination …