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Hypothetical and Real Consequences in Experimental Auctions for Insurance against Low Probability Risks

McClelland, Gary; Schulze, William D.; Irwin, Julie R. - 2009

Laboratory experiments have provided useful information about how people behave in risky siluations. In particular, such experiments have allowed for the observation of many deviations from the predictions of expected utility theory. There is some dispute, however, over the effect ofthe use of...

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E-Privacy : Evaluating a New Search Cost in Online Environments

Annacker, Dirk; Strobel, Martin; Spiekermann, Sarah - 2014

Electronic Commerce environments increasingly witness a conflict on the subject of e-privacy: While marketers want to maximize their customer knowledge and grasp the identity of their online users, consumers often want to stay anonymous and not reveal private information. The conflict suggests...

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Variety Amnesia : Recalling Past Variety Can Accelerate Recovery from Satiation

Galak, Jeff; Redden, Joseph P.; Kruger, Justin - 2009

Consumers frequently consume items to the point where they no longer enjoy them. In three experiments spanning three distinct classes of stimuli, we find that people can recover from this satiation by simply recalling the variety of alternative items they have also consumed in the past. Rather...

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How Do Public Laboratories Collaborate with Industry? New Survey Evidence from France

Goddard, John Gabriel; Isabelle, Marc - 2009

This paper uses a survey of 130 public laboratories in France to investigate collaborative activities of laboratories with industry. Our statistical analysis shows that knowledge and technology development and transfer occurs most frequently through collaborative and contract research, informal...

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Crowding Out Informal Care? Evidence from a Social Experiment in Germany

Arntz, Melanie; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2014

experiment at seven different sites with a random assignment into a treatment group receiving personal budgets and a control …

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An Experimental Field Study of the GOTV and Persuasion Effects of Partisan Direct Mail and Phone Calls

Cardy, Emily A. - 2009

This study examines the get-out-the-vote (GOTV) and persuasion effects of partisan direct mail and phone calls on voter behavior. The conclusions are based on experimental field research from a 2002 state gubernatorial primary election. The study finds that neither partisan direct mail nor...

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Using Cluster Randomized Field Experiments to Study Voting Behavior

Arceneaux, Kevin - 2009

from a precinct-level randomized field experiment conducted in Kansas City, Missouri …

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Adaptive Experimental Design Using the Propensity Score

Hahn, Jinyong; Hirano, Keisuke; Karlan, Dean - 2009

the design of a two-stage experiment for estimating an average treatment effect, when covariate information is available … the second stage of the experiment. This amounts to choosing the propensity score, the conditional probability of …

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A Qualitative Study of Early Childhood Educators' Beliefs About Key Preschool Classroom Experiences

Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz; Fuligni, Allison Sidle; … - 2009

To learn about early educators' belief systems about the types of learning experience children should have in preschool … learning settings: private center-based programs, public center-based programs, and family child care centers. Results from the … preschool setting, (2) what children's learning environment should consist of, and (3) the kinds of learning opportunities …

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The Role of Experiments for the Development of Economic Theories

Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2009

Economic experiments interact with economic theories in various ways. First of all they are used to test economic theories. However, they can neither confirm nor falsify them in a strict sense. They rather inform us about the range of applicability, the robustness and the predictive power of a...

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