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Explaining anomalies in intertemporal choice: A mental zooming theory
Holden, Stein - School of Economics and Business, Norges miljø- og … - 2014
I present a theory that can explain hyperbolic discounting and magnitude effects in intertemporal choice. This approach builds on theories of narrow framing and reference dependence and expands these theories in a novel way by examining hidden mental zooming in base consumption adjustment in...
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A Field Experiment in Moral Suasion and Tax Compliance Focusing on Underdeclaration and Overdeduction
Torgler, Benno - In: FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis 69 (2013) 4, pp. 393-411
One of very few field experiments in tax compliance, this study generates a unique data set on Swiss taxpayers' underdeclaration of income and wealth and overdeduction of tax credits by obtaining exclusive access to tax-return corrections made by the tax administration. Using this commune-level...
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Discrimination in second hand consumer markets: evidence from a field experiment
Cobacho, M. Belén; Bosch, Mariano - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2011
This paper studies discrimination against immigrants in the consumer market in Spain. We send emails of fictitious buyers to a popular Spanish second hand market webpage similar to ebay. Sellers are approached randomly by buyers with Spanish native or foreign sounding names to signal their...
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Bidding to give in the Field: Door-to-Door Fundraisers had it right from the Start
Onderstal, Sander; Schram, Arthur J.C.; Soetevent, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
In a door-to-door fundraising field experiment, we study the impact of fundraising mechanisms on charitable giving. We approached about 4500 households, each participating in either an all-pay auction, a lottery, a non-anonymous voluntary contribution mechanism (VCM), or an anonymous VCM. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003388
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L'expérimentation du revenu de solidarité active entre objectifs scientifiques et politiques
Allègre, Guillaume - In: Revue de l'OFCE n° 113 (2010) 2, pp. 59-90
The RSA field experiment, conducted between 2007 and 2009 in 34 French departments, intended to evaluate the impact of higher financial incentives to work for beneficiaries of social assistance programs (RMI and API) using a test group which had access to an experimental in-work benefit and a...
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Which Measures of Time Preference Best Predict Outcomes? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment
Burks, Stephen V.; Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Götte, Lorenz; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Economists and psychologists have devised numerous instruments to measure time preferences and have generated a rich literature examining the extent to which time preferences predict important outcomes; however, we still do not know which measures work best. With the help of a large sample of...
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A Gift is not Always a Gift: Gift Exchange in a Voucher Experiment
Becker, Sascha O.; Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - CESifo - 2011
Different from traditional gift exchange experiments, we study a field experiment where a random subsample of participants in the Swiss Labor Force Survey was sent vouchers to be used in adult training courses. Importantly for our purposes, actual voucher redemption can be traced. This gives the...
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A Multi-Method Approach to Identifying Norms and Normative Expectations within a Corporate Hierarchy: Evidence from the Financial Services Industry
Burks, Stephen V.; Krupka, Erin L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper presents the results of a field study at a large financial services firm that combines multiple methods, including two economic experiments, to measure ethical norms and their behavioral correlates. Standard survey questions eliciting ethical evaluations of actions in on-the-job...
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Fungibility, Labels and Consumption
Abeler, Johannes; Marklein, Felix - Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics … - 2010
Fungibility of money is a central assumption in the theory of consumer choice: any unit of money is substitutable for another. This implies that the composition of income or wealth is irrelevant for consumption. We find in a field experiment that even in a simple, incentivized setup many...
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Do people invest in local public goods with long-term benefits: Experimental evidence from a shanty town in Peru
De Hoop, Thomas; Van Kempen, Luuk; Fort, Ricardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper discusses voluntary contributions to health education in a shanty town in Peru, using a new experimental … health education meeting facilitated by an NGO, which they know will only be organised if the cumulative investment level … amount of money, despite the long-term nature of the health benefits from health education. High discount rates only seem to …
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