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Does political knowledge increase support for Europe? A cross country investigation of the attitudes of European citizens

Cerniglia, Floriana; Pagani, Laura - 2011

We study the impact of political knowledge on the attitudes of European citizens towards the possible distribution of responsibilities between European level institutions and national governments in three policy areas: foreign policy, defence and immigration policy. The hypothesis tested is that...

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The Null Result Penalty

Chopra, Felix; Haaland, Ingar K.; Roth, Christopher; … - 2022

We examine how the evaluation of research studies in economics depends on whether a study yielded a null result. Studies with null results are perceived to be less publishable, of lower quality, less important, and less precisely estimated than studies with significant results, even when holding...

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Fraud Concerns and Support for Economic Relief Programs

Haaland, Ingar K.; Olden, Andreas - 2022

program designed to save jobs and prevent bankruptcies. The information treatment significantly reduces support for the …

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The Social Value of Predicting Hurricanes

Molina, Renato; Rudik, Ivan - 2022

contribution is to develop a new theoretically-grounded approach for estimating the marginal value of information and we apply it … to establish the social value of improving hurricane forecasts. On the margin, the value of hurricane information is …

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Transparency and Policy Competition: Experimental Evidence from German Citizens and Politicians

Blesse, Sebastian; Lergetporer, Philipp; Nover, Justus; … - 2023

misperceive the performance of their state's education system. Experimentally providing performance information polarizes citizens …' educational performance. Parliamentarians' support for the transparency policy is opportunistic: Performance information increases … educational performance information may incentivize politicians to implement welfare-enhancing reforms. …

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Home Price Expectations and Spending: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Chopra, Felix; Roth, Christopher; Wohlfart, Johannes - 2023

How do households adjust their spending behavior in response to changes in home price expectations? We conduct a field experiment with a sample of Americans that links survey data on home price expectations to actual spending behaviour as measured in a rich home-scanner dataset. In the...

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The Politics of Public Service Reform: Experimental Evidence from Liberia

Sandholtz, Wayne Aaron; Sandholtz, Wayne - 2023

This paper provides experimental evidence on the electoral effect of a large education reform in a developing democracy. Despite significantly improving school quality, the policy reduced the incumbent party's presidential vote share by 3 percentage points (10%). This does not imply that voters...

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The Economics of Attention

Loewenstein, George; Wojtowicz, Zachary - 2023

Attention is a pivotal resource in the modern economy and plays an increasingly prominent role in economic analysis. We summarize research on attention from both psychology and economics, placing a particular emphasis on its capacity to explain numerous documented violations of classical...

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Automatability of Occupations, Workers' Labor-Market Expectations, and Willingness to Train

Lergetporer, Philipp; Wedel, Katharina; Werner, Katharina - 2023

automation risk of their occupation, especially those in high-automatability occupations. Randomized information about their … in their work environment. The information also increases willingness to participate in further training, especially …

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Nudging for Prompt Tax Penalty Payment: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia

Yogama, Eko Arief; Gray, Daniel J.; Rablen, Matthew D. - 2023

, information, or simplification letter, or no letter. Our results indicate that simplification, which makes paying a penalty less …, increasing timely settlement rates by 27 per cent. The least effective intervention is the information letter. Although …

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