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laboratory experiment, we show that consumers are generally reluctant to accept expensive treatment recommendations, which is … being carried out and thus superior overall welfare. In contrast to our theoretical predictions, this effect does not depend …
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randomly by a third party. We present a toy model that enables us to derive hypotheses and to test them in a laboratory … experiment. Our results show that introducing endogenous monitoring reduces the level of undertreatment and overcharging. Even …
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"good behavior", or do "good experts" post "fair prices"? To answer this question we propose and test a model with three … selection and fixed effects regressions support the model's predictions and show that causality goes from good experts to fair …
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Credence goods markets are characterized by asymmetric information concerning the needed and/or provided quality between experts and consumers. The functioning of the market heavily relies on trust on the side of the consumer as well as trustworthiness on the side of the expert. However, a great...
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We study the impact of insurance on the amount of fraud in a physician-patient relationship. In a market for credence goods, where prices are regulated by an authority, physicians act as experts. Due to their informational advantage, physicians have an incentive to cheat by inducing...
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reciprocal behavior of sales personnel in a financial credence goods market, we run a natural field experiment. We send e …
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experience. In a laboratory experiment we show that, against our theoretical predictions, this does not lead to a drop in experts …
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' reviews on social media platforms in search for trustworthy sellers. We present a natural field experiment that examines the …
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' reviews on social media platforms in search for trustworthy sellers. We present a natural field experiment that examines the …
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We present the results of a pre-registered natural field experiment designed to uncover a sophisticated form of …
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