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on Experimental Economics |
| By: | S. Dolnicar; G. Viglia; F. Kurtaliqi (Audencia Business School) |
| Abstract: | Historically, one-off cross-sectional survey studies have dominated empirical research in tourism and hospitality. The inability to draw causal conclusions from such data has led to an increased uptake of survey experiments, which are easy and affordable to conduct and can identify causal relationships between constructs under controlled conditions. Survey experiments, however, have a severe limitation: they do not provide insights into real behaviour, restricting researchers' ability to generate actionable insights and reliable practical recommendations. This article offers a systematic comparison of three approaches (one-off cross-sectional survey studies, survey experiments, and field experiments) and provides step-by-step guidance on the design and implementation of field experiments and quasi-experimental field studies. |
| Keywords: | Cross-sectional survey Survey experiment Causality Real behaviour Laboratory experiment Field experiment Quasi-experiment Natural experiment |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05391551 |
| By: | Alexia Delfino; Andrea Garnero; Sergio Inferrera; Marco Leonardi; Raffaella Sadun |
| Abstract: | We study barriers preventing jobseekers from pursuing reskilling in high-demand occupations. Using a discrete choice experiment, we quantify the demand for reskilling among Italian jobseekers in two white-collar high-demand occupations—information technology assistant and construction technician—and identify its main determinants. Willingness to pay estimates show that participants are willing to pay to reskill into IT, but would require compensation to reskill into construction. Beliefs about monetary returns and social status help explain differences in reskilling demand, but perceived identity fit in the target occupation emerges as the most important individual-level factor shaping reskilling decisions. A light-touch randomized information intervention providing data on occupational returns significantly increases both stated interest in reskilling and actual engagement in real-world training. |
| JEL: | D83 I20 J24 J32 J60 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:34633 |
| By: | Abhinav Khemka; Claudia Serra-Sala |
| Abstract: | We investigate how political corruption affects citizens' willingness to disclose tax evasion. We conducted a survey experiment with 1, 200 respondents in Bangalore, India, combining corruption vignettes and list experiments. Respondents were randomly presented with hypothetical candidates whose attributes varied along three dimensions: (a) alleged honesty versus corruption; (b) prioritization of infrastructure versus other public spending; and (c) political party affiliation. |
| Keywords: | Corruption, Tax evasion, List experiment, India, Voting behaviour |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2025-114 |
| By: | Lata Gangadharan (Department of Economics, Monash University); Philip J. Grossman (Department of Economics, Monash University); Nina Xue (Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU)) |
| Abstract: | Many decisions are made by groups under uncertainty, with beliefs playing a critical role. However, less is known about how groups, often driven by self-serving motivations, aggregate these beliefs. In an experiment, we examine how groups form and update beliefs following communication and compare these to individual beliefs. We find that beliefs do not differ initially, however, group deliberation facilitates more motivated updating as groups become more pessimistic and less accurate than individuals over time. Text analyses reveal that groups with stronger self-serving motives send a larger volume of messages and are less likely to be anchored by initial proposals. |
| Keywords: | belief updating, group decision making, self-serving bias, communication, experiment |
| JEL: | C91 C92 D23 D83 |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wiw:wiwwuw:wuwp388 |
| By: | Erik Sarrazin (Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany) |
| Abstract: | Creativity and teamwork are essential in today’s rapidly evolving labor market, yet little is known about how incentives shape creative group processes across multiple creativity dimensions, specifically quantity, quality, and originality. I introduce a novel verbal creative coordination task to incentivize and objectively measure these dimensions of creativity and to generate insights into the full creative group process. Thereby, this paper investigates how idea generation, evaluation, and selection can be effectively incentivized in Groups and which incentive scheme maximizes innovation—ideas that are both high in Quality and originality. In a laboratory experiment with 640 participants, groups are randomly assigned to a control or one of three group-level relative performance pay treatments targeting either quantity, quality, or originality. Results show that quantity incentives lead to broader exploration, increasing both the number and average originality of ideas, and outperform all other treatments on the combined indicator of innovative ideas. Quality incentives improve idea quality, while originality incentives fail to boost originality. Incentives mainly operate through higher individual effort rather than group dynamics. Across all conditions, the evaluation and selection phases act as a bottleneck, with highly original ideas systematically discarded. These findings highlight that maximizing creative Output requires incentives that promote exploration and structures that preserve original ideas. |
| Keywords: | creativity, innovation, incentives, teamwork, laboratory experiment |
| JEL: | O31 M52 C92 D02 |
| Date: | 2026–01–15 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:jgu:wpaper:2601 |
| By: | Feldman, Paul; Lee, Siun |
| Abstract: | Myopic loss aversion (MLA)—the tendency to "chase losses"—is a well-documented behavioral bias influencing investment decisions. However, whether groups amplify or mitigate this bias remains unclear. To investigate, we conducted an investment game where participants made decisions both individually and in groups under two conditions: "paper losses" (losses recorded prior to cash-out) and "realized losses" (Imas, 2016). Consistent with prior literature, we replicated the finding that individuals exhibit MLA. More importantly, our experimental evidence shows that group decision-making can intensify MLA rather than alleviate it. By analyzing group conversations with an LLMassisted approach, we identified key social mechanisms—rapid consensus formation, emotional contagion, and a shift toward risk-seeking behavior—that amplify these biases. These findings are significant because they reveal how group dynamics can undermine sound financial decision-making, emphasizing the need for financial literacy programs that address groupthink, shared biases, and emotional contagion and promote structured decision-making frameworks. |
| Keywords: | Labor and Human Capital |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361193 |
| By: | Gangadharan, Lata; Grossman, Philip J.; Xue, Nina |
| Abstract: | Many decisions are made by groups under uncertainty, with beliefs playing a critical role. However, less is known about how groups, often driven by self-serving motivations, aggregate these beliefs. In an experiment, we examine how groups form and update beliefs following communication and compare these to individual beliefs. We find that beliefs do not differ initially, however, group deliberation facilitates more motivated updating as groups become more pessimistic and less accurate than individuals over time. Text analyses reveal that groups with stronger self-serving motives send a larger volume of messages and are less likely to be anchored by initial proposals. |
| Keywords: | belief updating; group decision making; self-serving bias; communication; experiment |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wiw:wus005:80177630 |
| By: | Kalena Cortes; Brian Holzman; Melissa D. Gentry; Miranda I. Lambert |
| Abstract: | This study examines how digital incentives influence survey participation and engagement in a large randomized controlled trial of parents across seven Texas school districts. We test how incentive amount and information about vendor options affect response behavior and explore differences by language background. Incentivized parents were more likely to start and complete surveys and claim gift cards, though Spanish-speaking parents exhibited distinct patterns—greater completion rates but lower redemption rates, often selecting essential-goods vendors. Increasing incentive value and providing advance information both improved engagement. Findings inform the design of equitable, effective digital incentive strategies for diverse populations. |
| JEL: | C93 I24 J15 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:34653 |
| By: | Hosni, Hanin; Zhao, Shuoli; Woods, Tim |
| Abstract: | Growing environmental concerns necessitate shifts towards sustainable purchases, such as reusable packaging like glass milk bottles. However, A key barrier is the behavioral complexity requiring consumers to both purchase the product and return the packaging. We investigated whether financial incentives could foster habit formation using a 21-week field experiment with 6, 735 co-op members of a grocery store randomized to Control, Purchase Incentive (PI), or Return Incentive (RI) groups for local, glass-bottled milk. Analyzing the scanner data and survey responses, we found that while both incentives significantly boosted sales during the 7-week intervention, these effects were temporary and did not translate into lasting purchase habits. Similarly, bottle returns increased modestly during the intervention but did not persist. Furthermore, contrary to expectations, the RI did not significantly outperform the PI in promoting bottle returns. Low incentive redemption, consumer default choices, and the inconvenience of returns emerged as potential obstacles. Our results suggest that temporary financial incentives alone, such as coupons, are insufficient to establish habits for multi-step sustainable behaviors. It is important to address structural barriers like convenience and underlying consumer preferences. |
| Keywords: | Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361166 |
| By: | Bregolin, Jacopo; Hopfensitz, Astrid; Panova, Elena |
| Abstract: | We experimentally test how the content of advice, namely, its alignment with common priors, influences beliefs about its quality and future demand for it. We reject the theoretical hypothesis that demand for advice can be increased by giving advice in alignment with common priors. We find, furthermore, that such alignment has hardly any impact on the participants’ beliefs about quality of advice. Nevertheless, advice influences participants’ guesses in an incentivized task, regardless of their beliefs about the quality of advice itself. |
| Keywords: | demand for information; belief updating |
| JEL: | D90 C91 D83 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:tse:wpaper:131199 |
| By: | UCHIKOSHI, Fumiya; GAGNON, Etienne; YAMAGISHI, Atsushi |
| Abstract: | We analyze how test-optional admissions affect students’ job market outcomes. To this end, we conduct an experiment that corrects employers’misperceptions about the prevalence of test-optional admissions in Japan, where both test-optional and test-based admissions coexist within the same schools and programs. We find that test-optional admissions function as a signal of students’ ability and induce statistical discrimination against test-optional applicants during resume screening. This discount applied to test-optional applicants is particularly pronounced at lower-ranked institutions, which tend to enroll students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Consequently, the adoption of test-optional admissions may disproportionately harm these students in the labor market. |
| Keywords: | Test-optional admissions, Survey experiment, Job market, Statistical discrimination, Inequality |
| JEL: | C91 J22 J24 J71 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hit:hituec:775 |
| By: | Lata Gangadharan (Department of Economics, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia); Jona Krutaj (Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, University of Nottingham, UK); Marie Claire Villeval (CNRS, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Université Jean-Monnet Saint-Etienne, emlyon business school, GATE, 69007 Lyon, France; IZA, Bonn, Germany) |
| Abstract: | Heterogeneous returns from contributions to a public good create a normative conflict between equality and efficiency. In a laboratory experiment, we proposed an indicative menu of contribution principles including one featuring a decentralized redistribution mechanism ensuring earnings equality in exchange for fully efficient contributions. Although a majority of individuals, when in the position of an impartial observer, considered this principle to be the most appropriate and expected others to agree, they failed to act on it. Designating a leader who endorsed this principle and made non-binding recommendations enabled a majority of groups to adopt it successfully. This resulted in full contributions and earnings equalization through redistribution from advantaged to disadvantaged members, effectively resolving the conflict. |
| Keywords: | Normative conflict, Redistribution, Efficiency, Leadership, Reciprocity, Experiment |
| JEL: | C92 D03 D64 D74 H41 D83 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:gat:wpaper:2528 |
| By: | Jeroen Hinloopen; Stephen Martin; Sander Onderstal; Leonard Treuren |
| Abstract: | Antitrust laws prohibit private firms to coordinate their market behavior, yet many types of interfirm cooperation are legal. Using laboratory experiments, we study spillovers from legal cooperation in one market to non-competitive prices in a different market. Our theoretical framework predicts that such cooperation spillovers are most likely to occur for intermediate levels of competition. Our experimental findings support this theoretical prediction. In addition, our experimental results show that repeated interaction and communication about prices in a market are not necessary to achieve non-competitive prices in that market, as long as subjects can form binding agreements in a different market. Results from additional treatments suggest that commitment and multimarket contact are necessary for cooperation spillovers to emerge. |
| Keywords: | STG/23/026#57790427 |
| Date: | 2024–12–20 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ete:msiper:779662 |
| By: | Geven, Koen Martijn; Tahir, Ayesha; Fasih, Tazeen; Qureshi, Javaeria; Hasan, Amer; Fazili, Sheena; Malik, Rabea; Macdonald, Kevin Alan David |
| Abstract: | Text and voice messages have emerged as a low-cost and popular tool for nudging recipients to change behavior. This paper presents findings from a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the impact of an information campaign using text and voice messages implemented in Punjab, Pakistan during the COVID-19-induced school closures. This campaign sought to increase study time and provide academic support while schools were closed and to encourage reenrollment when they opened, to reduce the number of dropouts. The campaign targeted girls enrolled in grades 5 to 7. Messages were sent out by a government institution, and the campaign lasted from October 2020 until November 2021, when schools had permanently re-opened. Households were randomized across three treatment groups and a control group that did not receive any messages. The first treatment group received gender-specific messages that explicitly referenced daughters in their households, and the second treatment group received gender-neutral messages. A third group was cross randomized across the first two treatment arms and received academic support messages (practice math problems and solutions). The results show that the messages increased reenrollment by 6.0 percentage points approximately three months after the intervention finished. Gender neutral messages (+8.9 percentage points) showed larger effect size on enrolment than gender-specific messages (+ 4.3 percentage points), although the difference is not statistically significant. The message program also increased learning outcomes by 0.2 standard deviation for Urdu and 0.2 standard deviation for math. The paper finds a small positive effect on the intensive margin of remote learning and an (equivalent) small negative effect on the intensive margin of outside tutoring. In line with similar studies on pandemic remediation efforts, the paper finds no effect of the academic support intervention on learnin g. The findings suggest that increased school enrollment played a role in supporting the observed increase in learning outcomes. |
| Date: | 2026–01–08 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:11286 |
| By: | Enoch Hyunwook Kang |
| Abstract: | Field experiments (A/B tests) are often the most credible benchmark for methods in societal systems, but their cost and latency create a major bottleneck for iterative method development. LLM-based persona simulation offers a cheap synthetic alternative, yet it is unclear whether replacing humans with personas preserves the benchmark interface that adaptive methods optimize against. We prove an if-and-only-if characterization: when (i) methods observe only the aggregate outcome (aggregate-only observation) and (ii) evaluation depends only on the submitted artifact and not on the algorithm's identity or provenance (algorithm-blind evaluation), swapping humans for personas is just panel change from the method's point of view, indistinguishable from changing the evaluation population (e.g., New York to Jakarta). Furthermore, we move from validity to usefulness: we define an information-theoretic discriminability of the induced aggregate channel and show that making persona benchmarking as decision-relevant as a field experiment is fundamentally a sample-size question, yielding explicit bounds on the number of independent persona evaluations required to reliably distinguish meaningfully different methods at a chosen resolution. |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2512.21080 |
| By: | Iacovone, Leonardo; McKenzie, David; Maloney, William F. |
| Abstract: | A randomized experiment tested the effectiveness of individual and small group–based consulting services on firms in the Colombian auto parts industry, finding improvements in management and firm performance over three to four years. This paper uses administrative data to track these firms for up to a decade. Firms in the group consulting intervention are more likely to survive, have higher employment, and have increased sales and profits by approximately 50 percent. This longer-term growth appears to in part come through increased exporting as well as persistent management improvements. The more expensive individual consulting has smaller and not statistically significant long-run impacts. |
| Date: | 2026–01–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:11278 |
| By: | Maxime Perodaud (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur); Michela Chessa (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur) |
| Abstract: | This study investigates how consumer confirmation bias affects expert decision-making in credence goods markets by combining theoretical modeling with experimental analysis. Using psychological game theory, we develop a dynamic two-player model in which an expert's utility is shaped by both financial incentives and the psychological disutility associated with not meeting consumer expectations. The model predicts that experts with higher psychological sensitivity are more likely to deviate from profit-maximizing strategies to align with consumer beliefs, potentially increasing market inefficiencies. Experimental results show that the extent to which confirmation bias influences expert behavior depends on both the expert's sensitivity and state of the world. Under conditions of high sensitivity and consumer bias, experts adjusted their recommendations to match consumer expectations, even when doing so led to suboptimal outcomes. These findings have policy implications and contribute to the literature on credence goods by highlighting the tension between expert judgment and consumer-driven expectations. |
| Keywords: | Psychological game theory, Experiments, Credence goods, Confirmation bias, Belief-dependent preferences |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05441370 |
| By: | Nuthalapati, Chandra; Saha, Shree; Areef, Mulla |
| Abstract: | This paper presents findings from two discrete choice experiments conducted among 836 vegetable growers across four Indian states during 2020-2021. The study aimed to elucidate farmers’ preferences within evolving food supply chains, particularly amidst the supermarket revolution. The first experiment focused on farmers’ supply chain preferences, and we found interesting results, revealing no preference for a specific place of sale, but rather a preference for credit and input support, while showing a significant aversion to delayed payment methods. The second experiment investigated their contract preferences in modern food supply chains, highlighting nuanced preferences for contract terms that minimize financial and legal risks, as well as favor pricing mechanisms that ensure a minimum base price with quality incentives. Demographic factors, initially influential, exhibited varying impacts across different models, highlighting the complex dynamics that shape farmers' decisions. Understanding these preferences is crucial for shaping effective policies and strategies that enhance market access, promote sustainable agricultural practices, and contribute to global food security and economic development. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360604 |
| By: | Ali Merali |
| Abstract: | This paper derives `Scaling Laws for Economic Impacts' -- empirical relationships between the training compute of Large Language Models (LLMs) and professional productivity. In a preregistered experiment, over 500 consultants, data analysts, and managers completed professional tasks using one of 13 LLMs. We find that each year of AI model progress reduced task time by 8%, with 56% of gains driven by increased compute and 44% by algorithmic progress. However, productivity gains were significantly larger for non-agentic analytical tasks compared to agentic workflows requiring tool use. These findings suggest continued model scaling could boost U.S. productivity by approximately 20% over the next decade. |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2512.21316 |
| By: | Antoinette Baujard (UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2, GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - EM - EMLyon Business School - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Roberto Brunetti (LEMMA - Laboratoire d'économie mathématique et de microéconomie appliquée - Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas); Isabelle Lebon (UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université, CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Simone Marsilio (Leibniz Universität Hannover = Leibniz University Hannover) |
| Abstract: | If individuals are to be empowered in their selection or use of a voting rule, it is necessary that they understand it. This paper analyzes people's understanding of two voting rules: evaluative voting and majority judgment. We first distinguish three components of understanding in this context: how to fill in the ballot; how votes are aggregated; and how to vote strategically. To measure each component, we draw on results from a lab experiment on incentivized voting where participants are exogenously assigned single-peaked preferences and answer comprehension questions on the rules employed. We find that most participants understand how to fill in the ballot with both voting rules. However, participants' understanding of vote aggregation under majority judgment is lower and, crucially, more heterogeneous. While some participants correctly understand its aggregation property, a sizable group fails to grasp it. We also observe no difference in voting behavior between evaluative voting and majority judgment: the data confirm the theoretical prediction that under evaluative voting there will be a high incidence of strategic voting through the use of extreme grades, but contradict the prediction that under majority judgment voters will vote less strategically. Finally, we find that with majority judgment, the better voters understand how votes are aggregated, the more they vote strategically, hence resulting in inequality in voter agency. |
| Keywords: | D71, D72, O35, C92, A13, Laboratory experiment, Agency, Majority judgment, Evaluative voting, Understanding, Voting rules |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05423963 |
| By: | Sinanoglu, Semuhi; von Schiller, Armin |
| Abstract: | How do e-government tools that enable direct online communication with the executive affect citizens' support for autocracy? On the one hand, such centralised digital government tools may sway public opinion in favour of strongman rule at the expense of autocratic institutions; on the other hand, such participation and responsiveness may unintentionally unveil a wide range of issues in the country, undermining trust in the regime. We examine an electronic platform in Turkey, CIMER, that allows citizens to submit petitions and complaints, send messages to the president, and propose policies and programmes. We conducted a well-powered online survey experiment with a nationally representative sample (N≈4, 600) that estimates the effects of different types of regime propaganda around this e-portal on attitudinal and quasi-behavioural outcomes. The results suggest that propaganda through CIMER improves diffuse support for the regime and generates behavioural compliance, even among opposition voters. However, these positive effects accrue to regime institutions rather than to Erdoğan personally as the executive's personalistic leader. On certain dimensions, the propaganda backfires among the regime's core support groups, eroding their perceptions of Erdoğan's popularity as a leader. These results have major implications for the expected downstream effects of these types of digital tools on regime stability and legitimacy, and they add to the growing warnings about holding overly optimistic views concerning the effects of digitalisation on democracy. |
| Keywords: | authoritarian responsiveness, normative support, legitimacy, satisfaction with regime, trust, efficacy, propaganda, digitalisation, public administration |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:diedps:334475 |
| By: | Kramer, Berber; Porter, Maria; Wassie, Solomon Bizuayehu |
| Abstract: | Index insurance lowers agricultural risk but covers only covariate risks. Since farmers do not have complete insurance, they may develop mistrust of insurance when experiencing crop losses and not receiving payouts. Although recent innovations in remote sensing enable the provision of more complete insurance including coverage for idiosyncratic risks, such insurance introduces differences in payouts within social networks, which might be considered unfair, introduce jealousy, and depress insurance demand. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment with farmers in Ethiopia to examine whether providing complete insurance coverage affects perceived fairness and insurance demand. We also examine effects of informing farmers about neighbors’ payout experiences. We find that such social comparison increases perceived fairness of index insurance. Providing complete crop insurance increases perceived fairness of outcomes and willingness to pay for insurance, without introducing jealousy over neighbors receiving different payouts. These results are concentrated among men and those with little insurance knowledge. |
| Keywords: | Productivity Analysis, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361093 |
| By: | Sindri Engilbertsson; Sander Onderstal; Leonard Treuren |
| Abstract: | Antitrust authorities impose substantial penalties on firms engaging in illegal price-fixing. We examine how basing cartel fines on revenue, profit, or price overcharge influences prices, cartel incidence, and cartel stability. In an infinitely repeated Bertrand oligopoly game, we show that fines based on revenues/profits/overcharge incentivize firms to charge prices above/equal to/below the monopoly price. Cartels are stable for a smaller range of discount factors when fines are based on overcharges rather than other bases. We test these predictions in a laboratory experiment where subjects can form cartels, which allows them to discuss pricing at the risk of being detected and fined. By equalizing expected fines across treatments, we isolate the effect of the fine's base. We find that market prices are lowest under overcharge-based fines and highest under revenue-based fines. While these results align with the theoretical predictions, cartel incidence and cartel stability do not differ significantly across fining regimes. Our results suggest that antitrust authorities could improve enforcement by shifting from revenue-based fines to profit- or overcharge-based fines. |
| Keywords: | STG/23/026#57790427 |
| Date: | 2025–02–21 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ete:msiper:779661 |
| By: | Hamza Bennani (Nantes Université, LEMNA, 44300 Nantes, France); Noémi Berlin (CNRS, Université Paris Nanterre, EconomiX, F-92000 Nanterre, France); Pauline Gandré (CNRS, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Université Jean-Monnet Saint-Etienne, emlyon business school, GATE, 69007, Lyon, France) |
| Abstract: | Following the Covid-19 crisis, extreme macroeconomic risks in terms of both GDP and inflation have returned to the spotlight in Europe. Against this backdrop, we conducted a large-scale online survey experiment in five large European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) to measure household expectations of future extreme macroeconomic risks and their transmission to personal expectations and planned financial decisions. Exploiting both a between and within-subject design, we provided half of the participants with information about past extreme macroeconomic events in Europe. Our findings indicate that European households have high expectations of future tail macroeconomic events shaped by personal experiences, and that the causal effect of information provision on expectations varies greatly depending on the country and the type of risk. We then find suggestive evidence that expectations of extreme macroeconomic disasters are causally transmitted to personal expectations about one’s future standard of living. However, small variations in expectations of extreme macroeconomic risk do not appear to have a systematic independent impact on planned saving, portfolio, and borrowing decisions. |
| Keywords: | Extreme macroeconomic risk; expectations; information experiment; household finance |
| JEL: | E70 D83 G11 G51 |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:gat:wpaper:2601 |
| By: | Eldar Dadon (BGU - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev); Marie Claire Villeval (GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - EM - EMLyon Business School - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Ro’i Zultan (BGU - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) |
| Abstract: | Working for a firm engaged in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) appeals to potential workers by boosting their self-image and sense of purpose. We propose an additional mechanism: CSR signals a firm's future treatment of workers. Our model links CSR engagement with a firm's propensity to support workers during unforeseen times of need. Under this assumption, a potential future need of the worker leads to more firms engaging in CSR and to a higher workers' willingness to accept lower wages. Our experiment manipulates potential future needs across treatments. While the aggregate analysis does not fully support our theory, exploratory analysis reveals that male workers respond as predicted, whereas female workers do not. Consistently, in a risky environment, male employers increase their CSR engagement, which raises the acceptance rate among male workers. These results do not hold for female employers and workers. |
| Keywords: | Experiment, Labor market, Signaling, CSR |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05446387 |
| By: | Francesco Salvi; Giuseppe Russo; Adam Barla; Vincent Moreau; Robert West |
| Abstract: | Meat consumption is a major driver of global greenhouse gas emissions. While pricing interventions have shown potential to reduce meat intake, previous studies have focused on highly constrained environments with limited consumer choice. Here, we present the first large-scale field experiment to evaluate multiple pricing interventions in a real-world, competitive setting. Using a sequential crossover design with matched menus in a Swiss university campus, we systematically compared vegetarian-meal discounts (-2.5 CHF), meat surcharges (+2.5 CHF), and a combined scheme (-1.2 CHF=+1.2 CHF) across four campus cafeterias. Only the surcharge and combined interventions led to significant increases in vegetarian meal uptake--by 26.4% and 16.6%, respectively--and reduced CO2 emissions per meal by 7.4% and 11.3%, respectively. The surcharge, while effective, triggered a 12.3% drop in sales at intervention sites and a corresponding 14.9% increase in non-treated locations, hence causing a spillover effect that completely offset environmental gains. In contrast, the combined approach achieved meaningful emission reductions without significant effects on overall sales or revenue, making it both effective and economically viable. Notably, pricing interventions were equally effective for both vegetarian-leaning customers and habitual meat-eaters, stimulating change even within entrenched dietary habits. Our results show that balanced pricing strategies can reduce the carbon footprint of realistic food environments, but require coordinated implementation to maximize climate benefits and avoid unintended spillover effects. |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2512.13174 |
| By: | Eronmwon, Iyore; Walters, Cory; Yiannaka, Amalia; Banerjee, Simanti |
| Abstract: | Hedging is a critical risk management tool in grain marketing, allowing producers to mitigate price uncertainty. Understanding the factors that influence hedging decisions is essential for developing effective marketing strategies and improving decision-making under risk. This study examined the impact of information on decision-making in a pre-harvest grain marketing context. Specifically, we employed both laboratory and framed field experiments to investigate how information about expected production costs and price evolution - including both current and historical trends - affects marketing behavior. The results indicate that providing participants with both expected cost and price evolution information significantly increased the quantity of grain hedged before harvest. Furthermore, participants hedged more grain when crop insurance was available, suggesting that insurance is viewed as a complement to hedging rather than a substitute. |
| Keywords: | Risk and Uncertainty |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360703 |
| By: | Braccioli, Federica; Daniele, Gianmarco; Martinangeli, Andrea FM |
| Abstract: | Democratic institutions worldwide are facing rising distrust. We posit that establishing data-driven narratives on long-term social progress and holding institutions accountable for it can restore confidence in institutions. We focus on public safety, a domain in which progress can be quantified by declining violence across industrialized countries. We implement a large-scale online experiment in Italy, a country particularly prone to negative narratives, exposing 7, 000 adults to data-driven narratives on declining homicide rates, justice efficiency, and corruption reduction in the last twenty years. The information significantly increases social and institutional trust, including incentivised donations to a law enforcement–related organization (effects of 6–9% of a standard deviation). These findings persist fifty days later in a follow-up survey. Effects are strongest when social progress is explicitly linked to state action and for individuals holding more negative views. Both positive news and accountability dynamics drive the results. These findings offer a pathway to counter persistent disillusionment in democratic governance, by showing how aligning public perceptions with societal progress can restore institutional trust. |
| Keywords: | experiment; misperceptions; narratives; social progress; trust |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wiw:wus005:80525533 |
| By: | Federica Braccioli (Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business); Gianmarco Daniele (Faculty of Law, University of Milan); Andrea FM Martinangeli (Laboratory for Mathematical Economics and Applied Microeconomics, Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas) |
| Abstract: | Democratic institutions worldwide are facing rising distrust. We posit that establishing data-driven narratives on long-term social progress and holding institutions accountable for it can restore confidence in institutions. We focus on public safety, a domain in which progress can be quantified by declining violence across industrialized countries. We implement a large-scale online experiment in Italy, a country particularly prone to negative narratives, exposing 7, 000 adults to data-driven narratives on declining homicide rates, justice efficiency, and corruption reduction in the last twenty years. The information significantly increases social and institutional trust, including incentivised donations to a law enforcement–related organization (effects of 6–9% of a standard deviation). These findings persist fifty days later in a follow-up survey. Effects are strongest when social progress is explicitly linked to state action and for individuals holding more negative views. Both positive news and accountability dynamics drive the results. These findings offer a pathway to counter persistent disillusionment in democratic governance, by showing how aligning public perceptions with societal progress can restore institutional trust. |
| Keywords: | experiment, misperceptions, narratives, social progress, trust |
| JEL: | C99 D73 P00 Z10 |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wiw:wiwwuw:wuwp393 |
| By: | Thierry Gidel (COSTECH - Connaissance Organisation et Systèmes TECHniques - UTC - Université de Technologie de Compiègne, UTC - Université de Technologie de Compiègne); Claude Moulin (Heudiasyc - Heuristique et Diagnostic des Systèmes Complexes [Compiègne] - UTC - Université de Technologie de Compiègne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Marie-Hélène Abel (Heudiasyc - Heuristique et Diagnostic des Systèmes Complexes [Compiègne] - UTC - Université de Technologie de Compiègne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates the use of digital collaborative tools and live streaming systems to support student initiation into scientific research. A Computer-Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD) system was implemented to aid two key phases: collaborative planning in a digital workspace and experimental execution in laboratories. In the first phase, multitouch surfaces enabled students to collaboratively define research problems and protocols, fostering idea generation and consensus building. The second phase utilized video capture and streaming systems for documentation and remote participation in experiments. While these tools showed potential, challenges such as camera resolution, latency, and feedback limitations emerged. Initial findings suggest these technologies support research skill development, but further improvements are needed to enhance usability and engagement for both local and remote participants. Future work will focus on addressing these technical and interaction challenges to better support hybrid learning environments. |
| Keywords: | experimental protocol design, digital tool in education, collaborative learning, streaming, research methodology, multitouch surfaces, remote collaboration, live sessions, Scientific Research Initiation |
| Date: | 2025–05–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05388866 |
| By: | Marie Beck (LUMEN - Lille University Management Lab - ULR 4999 - Université de Lille) |
| Abstract: | Purpose This study explores the joint effect of product novelty and experiential novelty on consumer-specific curiosity, particularly for high-involvement utilitarian and hedonic products. Unlike prior research that examined these novelties separately, this study investigates their synchronous adoption to understand how novelty management influences consumer curiosity. Design/methodology/approach Two experiments tested the effect of product and/or experiential novelty on consumer curiosity across product types (utilitarian or hedonic). A pilot study (N = 48) validated the hedonic vs utilitarian nature of the selected products. Study 1 (N = 322) examined novelty effects for a utilitarian product (refrigerator), while Study 2 (N = 707) tested the same effects for a hedonic product (photograph). Findings For utilitarian products, neither form of novelty alone significantly increases curiosity, but their combination creates a synergistic effect. For hedonic products, all types of novelty (product, experiential or both) enhance curiosity, confirming hedonic consumers' attraction to novelty-driven experiences. Research limitations/implications The study is limited to online shopping contexts. Future research should explore physical retail settings, longitudinal effects and moderators such as consumer innovativeness or sensation-seeking. Practical implications For utilitarian products, brands and retailers should combine product novelty with immersive experiential novelty (e.g. augmented reality). For hedonic products, brands and retailers could develop any types of novelty to elicit curiosity. There is therefore greater organizational flexibility in innovation projects for hedonic products. Originality/value This research refines theories of curiosity, innovation adoption and product categorisation, emphasising that novelty's effectiveness depends on context and product type (utilitarian or hedonic). |
| Keywords: | utilitarian product, hedonic product, experiment, curiosity, novelty, novelty curiosity experiment hedonic product utilitarian product |
| Date: | 2025–12–18 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05420515 |
| By: | Zaccaria, Niccolò (Tilburg University, Center For Economic Research); Suetens, Sigrid (Tilburg University, Center For Economic Research); Uras, Burak (Tilburg University, Center For Economic Research) |
| Keywords: | Price stickiness; strategic complementarity; controlled experiments; beliefs |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:tiu:tiucen:00f43201-caf3-4ee0-be17-1784b2634749 |
| By: | Gao, Yujuan; Ma, Yue; Mullally, Conner; Rozelle, Scott |
| Abstract: | This study examines spillover effects of targeted educational interventions through a field experiment in 130 rural Chinese boarding schools, comparing computer-assisted learning (CAL) and traditional workbooks. Results reveal significant negative spillovers of workbook interventions on nontarget students’ performance, particularly affecting those closely connected to targeted students. Effects intensify with increased exposure and peer interaction. The key mechanism appears motivational: Observing peers receiving supplementary workbook resources in class reduces students’ confidence in the value of their academic efforts for future careers. CAL interventions, conducted outside classrooms, show no such spillovers, highlighting the importance of considering unintended consequences in competitive, resource-limited environments. |
| Keywords: | Institutional and Behavioral Economics |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360711 |
| By: | Laura Chioda; Paul Gertler; David Contreras-Loya; Dana R. Carney |
| Abstract: | We study the medium and long term impacts of Skills for Effective Entrepreneurship Development (SEED), a 3-week entrepreneurship training program for secondary school students in Uganda. The mini-MBA, modeled after business school curricula, was implemented as a randomized field experiment with a nationally representative sample of 4, 402 youth. After four years, the training improved both hard and soft skills. SEED graduates became more effective negotiators and communicators and exhibited improved self-efficacy, stability, plasticity, and stress management. In the medium run, treated youth were more likely to start enterprises and more successful in ensuring their survival, thereby gaining greater entrepreneurial experience. Their ventures were also of higher quality: more likely to be formal, have employees, be in collaboration with other entrepreneurs, and use effective business management practices. With 52% of the sample still enrolled in post-secondary education, we find suggestive evidence that businesses led by the treatment groups performed better. After nine years, business ownership converged between treatment and control groups as control ownership rates doubled. However, SEED graduates maintained their edge in terms of business quality and operated firms with 20% higher revenues and 16% higher profits, without corresponding increases in capital or labor inputs, consistent with higher total factor productivity. Entrepreneurial success was achieved through the adoption of better business practices and experimentation, with soft skills related to entrepreneurial mindset playing a complementary role. SEED generated high returns on investment: the present discounted values of SEED-induced business and total earnings equal 20 and 27 times program costs, respectively. |
| JEL: | C93 I20 J23 J24 M13 M53 O15 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:34637 |
| By: | Dahal, Bhishma R.; Mooney, Daniel F.; Hoag, Dana L.; Burkhardt, Jesse; Mason, Seth |
| Abstract: | Amid ongoing policy discussions around water scarcity in the Colorado River Basin, we examined factors influencing farmers’ stated participation in agricultural water conservation programs (AWCPs) in Colorado’s Upper Basin. Using data from a discrete choice experiment, we assessed preferences for hypothetical program attributes and payment levels. Respondents preferred AWCPs with shared conservation responsibility, water shepherding, and higher compensation. Participation declined for more intensive conservation practices and larger land commitments. Larger farms required lower payments to participate, while older and higher-income farmers required more. The findings identify program attributes, such as flexibility and transparent water use outcomes, that can help policy makers drive voluntary participation in AWCPs. |
| Keywords: | Production Economics |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361067 |
| By: | Dang, Ruirui; Badole, Sachin B.; Towe, Charles; Heintzelman, Martin D. |
| Abstract: | This study uses data from a discrete choice experiment in the northeastern U.S. to examine resident preferences for siting wind and solar energy projects. It explores the impacts of landscape, agricultural production, cooperation, and financial compensation to stakeholders. Findings suggest that households are more favorable to renewable energy development if subsidies are provided on their electricity bills. Key factors influencing decisions include visual impact, proximity, and community engagement. Payments to landowners and communities also play a significant role in shaping local support and acceptance. Our study further reveals considerable heterogeneity in preferences. Respondents demonstrated overall support for wind or solar farm development in their local community, though preferences differed among various demographic and attitudinal groups, with the average respondent willing to be compensated $88 less in their base electric bill. |
| Keywords: | Resource/Energy Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361208 |
| By: | Hou, Zheng; Hu, Wuyang; Xu, Yilan |
| Abstract: | Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are widely used to elicit consumer preferences, yet how the assignment of attributes and levels affects respondent understanding and preference elicitation remains underexplored. Although prior studies have examined different DCE design factors, little attention has been given to the implications of swapping attributes and levels. This study aims to fill this gap by comparing two designs that reverse the roles of attributes and levels. Our results find that the design using sustainability measures as attributes improves reading ease compared to the design using sustainability outcomes as attributes. Moreover, while both designs show consistent preference patterns across choice sets, variations in willingness-to-pay (WTP) estimates suggest differences in preference consistency between the two designs. These findings highlight that attribute-level assignment may have implications for both respondent and researchers. |
| Keywords: | Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360616 |
| By: | Peterson-Wilhelm, Bailey; Schwab, Benjamin; Hemachandra, Dilini; Headey, Derek |
| Abstract: | We estimate the prevalence of social desirability bias in childhood feeding reports in a UNICEF nutrition cash-plus program in Sri Lanka. Social desirability bias occurs when respondents give the socially “correct” answer, rather than the true answer. While cash benefits were not explicitly conditioned on meeting childhood feeding targets, the training, or “plus” component, made the ideal dietary outcome explicit. We test whether participants misreport the consumption of vitamin A rich foods among young children in this context using list experiments. We find households overstate adherence to program advice by 23 percentage points. The mismeasurement of one feeding component passes through and affects aggregate measures of dietary diversity. The magnitude of the findings suggests that social desirability bias could serve as a potential explanation for the persistent gap between recalled dietary intake and anthropometric outcomes in cash-plus program evaluations. The findings of this study bring together the broader measurement error and program evaluation areas of literature. |
| Keywords: | International Development |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360988 |
| By: | Ana Luiza Valle Martins; Filippo Annoni; Filipe Alex da Silva; Lucas Bolais-Ramos; Gisele Capanema de Oliveira; Renata Cunha Ribeiro; Mirella Monique Lana Diniz; Thuanny Granato Fonseca Silva; Beatriz Dias Pinheiro; Natália Abdo Rodrigues; Alana Helen dos Santos Matos; Daisy Motta-Santos; Maria José Campagnole-Santos; Thiago Verano-Braga; Fabio Silvio Taccone; Robson Augusto Souza Santos |
| Abstract: | Background: The coronavirus-related disease (COVID-19) is mainly characterized by a respiratory involvement. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has a relevant role in the pathogenesis of COVID-19, as the virus enters host’s cells via the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). Methods: This investigator-initiated, seamless phase 1–2 randomized clinical trial was conceived to test the safety and efficacy of continuous short-term (up to 7 days) intravenous administration of Angiotensin-(1–7) in COVID-19 patients admitted to two intensive care units (ICU). In addition to standard of care, intravenous administration of Angiotensin-(1–7) was started at 5 mcg/Kg day and increased to 10 mcg/Kg day after 24 h (Phase 1; open label trial) or given at 10 mcg/Kg day and continued for a maximum of 7 days or until ICU discharge (Phase 2; double-blind randomized controlled trial). The rate of serious adverse events (SAEs) served as the primary outcome of the study for Phase 1, and the number of oxygen free days (OFDs) by day 28 for Phase 2. Results: Between August 2020 and July 2021, when the study was prematurely stopped due to low recruitment rate, 28 patients were included in Phase 1 and 79 patients in Phase 2. Of those, 78 were included in the intention to treat analysis, and the primary outcome was available for 77 patients. During Phase 1, one SAE (i.e. bradycardia) was considered possibly related to the infusion, justifying its discontinuation. In Phase 2, OFDs did not differ between groups (median 19 [0–21] vs. 14 [0–18] days; p = 0.15). When patients from both phases were analyzed in a pooled intention to treat approach (Phase 1–2 trial), OFDs were significantly higher in treated patients, when compared to controls (19 [0–21] vs. 14 [0–18] days; absolute difference −5 days, 95% CI [0–7] p = 0.04). Conclusions: The main findings of our study indicate that continuous intravenous infusion of Angiotensin-(1–7) at 10 mcg/Kg day in COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU with severe pneumonia is safe. In Phase II intention to treat analysis, there was no significant difference in OFD between groups. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04633772—Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Clínicos, UTN number: U1111-1255-7167. |
| Keywords: | Angiotensin; ARDS; Coronavirus; COVID-19; RAS; Renin angiotensin system |
| Date: | 2024–12–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ulb:ulbeco:2013/378555 |
| By: | Hunt Allcott; Mark L. Egan; Paul Smeets; Hanbin Yang |
| Abstract: | We examine the impact of the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) on mutual fund flows and investment sustainability. The SFDR classifies funds into three categories to promote transparency and curb greenwashing: those with a sustainable investment objective (Article 9 or “dark green”), those that promote environmental characteristics (Article 8 or “light green”), and others (Article 6). Using a difference-in-differences design, we find that the SFDR had little effect on fund flows or portfolio sustainability. The disclosures were ineffective in part because they offered little new or clear information beyond what investors could already infer from fund names and mandates. In an experimental setting, we show that the current disclosures have minimal impact on investor decisions, but making the information more intuitive could improve the regulation’s effectiveness. |
| JEL: | G11 G50 Q50 |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:34624 |
| By: | Wang, Jingbin; Hu, Wuyang; Li, Jian; Qing, Ping |
| Abstract: | Over the past several decades, corrective taxes on products such as tobacco and alcohol have been widely employed as public health tools. With the rising prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases associated with excessive sugar consumption, an increasing number of countries have implemented corrective taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). However, existing evidence on the effectiveness of such taxes remains inconclusive. Using a discrete choice experiment, this study evaluates the health and market effectiveness of SSB taxation under varying levels of tax salience, and examines the trade-off between these two policy objectives. Results indicate that when health effectiveness is prioritized, presenting both tax information and the tax amount yields the strongest behavioral response. In contrast, when market effectiveness is the primary concern, providing tax information alone proves most effective. When both objectives are considered simultaneously, displaying tax information along with the tax rate offers the most balanced outcome. These findings provide policy-relevant insights into how adjustments in tax salience can help reconcile health and market goals in the design of SSB taxes. |
| Keywords: | Food Security and Poverty |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360886 |
| By: | Lutzeyer, Sanja; Phaneuf, Daniel J.; Taylor, Laura O. |
| Abstract: | We conduct a choice-experiment with individuals that recently rented a vacation property along the North Carolina coastline to assess the impacts of a utility-scale wind farm on their rental decisions. Visualizations were presented to survey respondents that varied both the number of turbines and their proximity to shore. Results indicate that there is not a scenario for which respondents would be willing to pay more to rent a home with turbines in view, as compared to the baseline view with no turbines in sight. Further, there is a substantial portion of the survey population that would change their vacation destination if wind farms were placed within visual range of the beach. The rental discounts required to attract the segment of the survey population most amenable to viewing wind farms still indicate that rental value losses of up to ten percent are possible if a utility-scale wind farm is placed within 8 miles of shore. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:cenrep:264972 |
| By: | Mario Passalacqua (UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal = University of Québec in Montréal); Robert Pellerin (MAGI - Département de Mathématiques et de Génie Industriel - EPM - École Polytechnique de Montréal); Florian Magnani (MAGELLAN - Laboratoire de Recherche Magellan - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Lyon); Laurent Joblot (LISPEN - Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes Physiques et Numériques - Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies); Frédéric Rosin (LISPEN - Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes Physiques et Numériques - Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies); Esma Yahia (LISPEN - Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes Physiques et Numériques - Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies); Pierre-Majorique Léger (HEC Montréal - HEC Montréal) |
| Abstract: | Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have ushered in the era of the fourth industrial revolution, transforming workplace dynamics with AI's enhanced decision-making capabilities. While AI has been shown to reduce worker mental workload, improve performance, and enhance physical safety, it also has the potential to negatively impact psychosocial factors, such as work meaningfulness, worker autonomy, and motivation, among others. These factors are crucial as they impact employee retention, well-being, and organizational performance. Yet, the impact of automating decision-making aspects of work on the psychosocial dimension of human-AI interaction remains largely unknown due to the lack of empirical evidence. To address this gap, our study conducted an experiment with 102 participants in a laboratory designed to replicate a manufacturing line. We manipulated the level of AI decision support-characterized by the AI's decision-making control-to observe its effects on worker psychosocial factors through a blend of perceptual, physiological, and observational measures. Our aim was to discern the differential impacts of fully versus partially automated AI decision support on workers' perceptions of job meaningfulness, autonomy, competence, motivation, engagement, and performance on an error-detection task. The results of this study suggest the presence of a critical boundary in automation for psychosocial factors, demonstrating that while some automation of decision selection can nurture work meaningfulness, worker autonomy, competence, self-determined motivation, and engagement, there is a pivotal point beyond which these benefits can decline. Thus, balancing AI assistance with human control is vital to protect psychosocial well-being. Practically, industry and operations managers should keep employees involved in decision making by adopting partial, confirm-or-override AI systems that sustain motivation and engagement, boosting retention and productivity. |
| Keywords: | Human-centred AI, Motivation, Engagement, Psychosocial, Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0, Human-centered AI |
| Date: | 2025–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05345071 |
| By: | Kabir, Md Faizul; Dennis, Elliott; Banerjee, Simanti; Meredith, Gwendwr; Pape, Timothy; Stephenson, Mitch; Allen, Craig; Sandahl, David |
| Abstract: | This study uses a discrete choice experiment to examine how ranchers in the Northern Great Plains respond to features of the Grassland CRP. We find that ranchers prefer higher payments and cost-share, shorter contract lengths, and flexibility. Ranchers value contracts that allow winter grazing and resist mandatory rotational grazing. Willingness-to-accept estimates show that ranchers require $6.47/acre for rotational grazing and $8.19 for longer contracts but would forgo $7.81, $11.77, and $7.84 per acre for cost-share, winter grazing, and flexibility, respectively. Preference heterogeneity is most evident for grazing-related practices and cost share. Nearly 69% of non-participants are unaware of the Program and perceive that payment and cost-share are more important than other contract features. Participation could be improved through flexible contract design, enhanced outreach, and financial incentives. |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361175 |