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The E-word on the public acceptance of experiments

Fischer, Mira; Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2019

Randomized experiments are often viewed as the "gold standard" of scientific evidence but people's scepticism towards experiments has compromised their viability in the past. We study preferences for experimental policy evaluations in a representative survey in Germany (N1,900). We find that a...

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Effects of timing and reference frame of feedback : evidence from a field experiment

Fischer, Mira; Wagner, Valentin - 2019

Information about past performance has been found to sometimes improve and sometimes worsen subsequent performance. Two factors may help to explain this puzzle: which aspect of one's past performance the information refers to and when it is revealed. In a field experiment in secondary schools,...

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Two field experiments on self-selection, collaboration intensity, and team performance

Fischer, Mira; Rilke, Rainer Michael; Yurtoglu, B. Burcin - 2020

We analyze how the team formation process influences the ability composition and performance of teams, showing how self-selection and random assignment affect team performance for different tasks in two natural field experiments. We identify the collaboration intensity of the task as the key...

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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments

Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018

strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …

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The ifo Education Survey 2014-2021

Freundl, Vera; Grewenig, Elisabeth; Pfaehler, Franziska; … - 2023

The ifo Education Survey is a representative opinion survey of the German voting-age population on education topics … that has been conducted annually since 2014. It covers public preferences on a wide range of education policy issues … ranging from early childhood education, schools, and apprenticeships to university education and life-long learning. The …

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Who knows it is a game? : on strategic awareness and cognitive ability

Fehr, Dietmar; Huck, Steffen - 2014 - July 2013, revised November 2014

We introduce the notion of strategic awareness in experimental games which captures the idea that subjects realize they are playing a game and thus have to form beliefs about others’ actions. The concept differs from both, rule understanding and rationality. We then turn to experimental...

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Anatomy of a paradox : management practices, organisational structure and energy efficiency

Martin, Ralf; Muûls, Mirabelle; De Preux, Laure B.; … - 2010

official business microdata. We find that ‘climate friendly’ management practices are associated with lower energy intensity … variation in management practices across firms can be explained in part by organizational structure. Firms are more likely to … adopt climate friendly management practices if climate change issues are managed by the environmental or energy manager, and …

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Who knows it is a game? : on rule understanding, strategic awareness and cognitive ability

Fehr, Dietmar; Huck, Steffen - 2013

We introduce the notion of strategic awareness in experimental games which captures the idea that subjects realize they are playing a game and thus have to form beliefs about others' actions in order to play well. The concept differs from both, rule understanding and rationality. We then turn to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009768997

Technology, information and the decentralization of the firm

Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Lelarge, Claire; Van … - 2006

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New approaches to measuring management and firm organization

Bloom, Nicholas; Van Reenen, John - 2010

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