Festival is when one’s own neglect is perceived as recreation. The Summer Breeze-festival has been taking place every August for over 25 years and now attracts tens of thousands of metal fans from all over the world to Dinkelsbühl, Germany, Bavaria, near Nuremberg. This article deals with...

In this paper, we conduct a large-scale field experiment to investigate the manipulability of prediction markets. The main experiment involves randomly shocking prices across 817 separate markets; we then collect hourly price data to examine whether the effects of these shocks persist over time....

This study analyses the influence of geographical origin and taste on honey consumer behavior. First, we explore the influence of geographical origin on consumers' hedonic evaluation of honey. We then assess the influence of geographical origin and taste on their willingness to pay (WTP) for...

This study examines the effects of structured social activities on workplace collegiality and performance in a large white-collar firm with 100 geographically dispersed offices. In a randomized controlled trial, half of the offices received subsidies to organize biweekly social events over a...

Aggarwal et al. (2023) analyze the effects of an 8-month-long advertising program on voter turnout in the 2020 US presidential election. Therein, 2 million voters were exposed to pro-Biden and anti-Trump advertisements on social media in five battleground states. The study finds no average...