Field experiments across the social sciences

D Baldassarri, M Abascal - Annual review of sociology, 2017‏ - annualreviews.org
Using field experiments, scholars can identify causal effects via randomization while
studying people and groups in their naturally occurring contexts. In light of renewed interest …

Channeling fisher: Randomization tests and the statistical insignificance of seemingly significant experimental results

A Young - The quarterly journal of economics, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
I follow The Design of Experiments, using randomization statistical inference to test the null
hypothesis of no treatment effects in a comprehensive sample of 53 experimental papers …

The short-run and long-run effects of behavioral interventions: Experimental evidence from energy conservation

H Allcott, T Rogers - American Economic Review, 2014‏ - aeaweb.org
We document three remarkable features of the Opower program, in which social comparison-
based home energy reports are repeatedly mailed to more than six million households …

Moral suasion and economic incentives: Field experimental evidence from energy demand

K Ito, T Ida, M Tanaka - American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2018‏ - aeaweb.org
Firms and governments often use moral suasion and economic incentives to influence
intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for economic activities. To investigate persistence of such …

The digital privacy paradox: Small money, small costs, small talk

S Athey, C Catalini, C Tucker - 2017‏ - nber.org
ABSTRACT'Notice and Choice'has been a mainstay of policies designed to safeguard
consumer privacy. This paper investigates distortions in consumer behavior when faced with …

[ספר][B] Panel data econometrics with R

Y Croissant, G Millo - 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
While R is the software of choice and the undisputed leader in many fields of statistics, this is
not so in econometrics; yet, its popularity is rising both among researchers and in university …

Avoiding the ask: A field experiment on altruism, empathy, and charitable giving

J Andreoni, JM Rao… - Journal of political …, 2017‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
If people enjoy giving, then why do they avoid fund-raisers? Partnering with the Salvation
Army at Christmastime, we conducted a randomized field experiment placing bell ringers at …

Using nonpecuniary strategies to influence behavior: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment

PJ Ferraro, MK Price - Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013‏ - direct.mit.edu
Policymakers are increasingly using norm-based messages to influence individual decision
making. We partner with a metropolitan water utility to implement a natural field experiment …

Fostering public good contributions with symbolic awards: A large-scale natural field experiment at Wikipedia

J Gallus - Management Science, 2017‏ - pubsonline.informs.org
This natural field experiment tests the effects of purely symbolic awards on volunteer
retention in a public goods context. The experiment is conducted at Wikipedia, which faces …

Do conditional cash transfers affect electoral behavior? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Mexico

AL De La O - American Journal of Political Science, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
This article reexamines the argument that targeted programs increase pro‐incumbent voting
by persuading beneficiaries to cast ballots against their first partisan choice. The evidence …