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- April 2019
- Article
Incentives for Public Goods Inside Organizations: Field Experimental Evidence
By: Andrea Blasco, Olivia S. Jung, Karim R. Lakhani and Michael Menietti
Understanding why employees go the extra mile at work is a key problem for many organizations. We conduct a field experiment at a medical organization to study motivations for employees to submit project proposals for organizational improvement. In total, we analyze... View Details
Keywords: Field Experiment; Innovation; Contest; Incentives; Free-rider Problem; Healthcare Organizations; Employees; Motivation and Incentives; Innovation and Invention; Organizations; Performance Improvement; Perspective
Blasco, Andrea, Olivia S. Jung, Karim R. Lakhani, and Michael Menietti. "Incentives for Public Goods Inside Organizations: Field Experimental Evidence." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 160 (April 2019): 214–229.
- August 2017
- Article
Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France
By: Céline Braconnier, Jean-Yves Dormagen and Vincent Pons
A large-scale randomized experiment conducted during the 2012 French presidential and parliamentary elections shows that voter registration requirements have significant effects on turnout, resulting in unequal participation. We assigned 20,500 apartments to one... View Details
Braconnier, Céline, Jean-Yves Dormagen, and Vincent Pons. "Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France." American Political Science Review 111, no. 3 (August 2017): 584–604. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-098, March 2016.)
- 2016
- Working Paper
Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile
By: Felipe Kast, Stephan Meier and Dina Pomeranz
We test the impact of a peer group savings program on precautionary savings through two randomized field experiments among 2,687 microcredit clients. The first experiment finds that the Peer Group Treatment, which combines public goal setting, monitoring in the group,... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Decision Making; Interest Rates; Planning; Performance Effectiveness; Economics; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Social Enterprise; Global Range; Chile
Kast, Felipe, Stephan Meier, and Dina Pomeranz. "Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-060, January 2012. (Revised April 2016. Revision requested by Journal of Development Economics.
Featured in Time, Business Insider, Freakonomics, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Finance, and others.)
- 2007
- Working Paper
The Dynamic Interplay of Inequality and Trust - An Experimental Study
By: Ben Greiner, Axel Ockenfels and Peter Werner
We study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, where trust increases efficiency and thus allows higher growth of the experimental economy in the future. We find that trust is initially high in a treatment starting with equal endowments, but decreases... View Details
Greiner, Ben, Axel Ockenfels, and Peter Werner. "The Dynamic Interplay of Inequality and Trust - An Experimental Study." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-026, October 2007.
- September 1988
- Article
The Deadline Effect in Bargaining: Some Experimental Evidence
By: A. E. Roth, J. K. Murnighan and F. Schoumaker
Roth, A. E., J. K. Murnighan, and F. Schoumaker. "The Deadline Effect in Bargaining: Some Experimental Evidence." American Economic Review 78, no. 4 (September 1988): 806–823.
- June 1998
- Article
Managing Experimentation in the Design of New Products
By: S. Thomke
Thomke, S. "Managing Experimentation in the Design of New Products." Management Science 44, no. 6 (June 1998): 743–762.
- December 2007
- Article
Psychology and Experimental Economics: A Gap in Abstraction
By: Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton
Ariely, Dan, and Michael I. Norton. "Psychology and Experimental Economics: A Gap in Abstraction." Current Directions in Psychological Science 16, no. 6 (December 2007): 336–339.
- June 1983
- Article
Expectations and Reputations in Bargaining: An Experimental Study
By: A. E. Roth and F. Schoumaker
Roth, A. E., and F. Schoumaker. "Expectations and Reputations in Bargaining: An Experimental Study." American Economic Review 73, no. 3 (June 1983): 362–372.
- July 1999
- Background Note
Note on Statistical Tests for a Randomized Matched Pair Experimental Design, A
By: Alvin J. Silk
Concerns understanding the conditions under which an experimental design that employs matching and randomization may result in gains in precision as compared to a design that utilizes randomization and independent samples--i.e., no matching. An empirical example is... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
An Experimental Design for Anytime-Valid Causal Inference on Multi-Armed Bandits
By: Biyonka Liang and Iavor I. Bojinov
Typically, multi-armed bandit (MAB) experiments are analyzed at the end of the study and thus require the analyst to specify a fixed sample size in advance. However, in many online learning applications, it is advantageous to continuously produce inference on the... View Details
Liang, Biyonka, and Iavor I. Bojinov. "An Experimental Design for Anytime-Valid Causal Inference on Multi-Armed Bandits." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-057, March 2024.
- March 1994
- Article
Let's Keep the Con Out of Experimental Econ
By: A. E. Roth
Keywords: Economics
Roth, A. E. "Let's Keep the Con Out of Experimental Econ." Empirical Economics 19, no. 2 (March 1994): 279–289.
- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
Testing Savings Product Innovations Using an Experimental Methodology
By: Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan and Wesley Yin
Ashraf, Nava, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin. "Testing Savings Product Innovations Using an Experimental Methodology." ERD Technical Note, November 2003.
- 1987
- Book
Laboratory Experimentation in Economics: Six Points of View
By: A. E. Roth
Keywords: Economics
Roth, A. E., ed. Laboratory Experimentation in Economics: Six Points of View. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- 2021
- Working Paper
COVID-19, Government Performance, and Democracy: Survey Experimental Evidence from 12 Countries
By: Michael Becher, Nicholas Longuet Marx, Vincent Pons, Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault, Vincenzo Galasso, Eric Kerrouche, Sandra León Alfonso and Daniel Stegmueller
Beyond its immediate impact on public health and the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic has put democracy under stress. While a common view is that people should blame the government rather than the political system for bad crisis management, an opposing view is that... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Government Performance; Democracy; Health Pandemics; Government and Politics; Crisis Management; Public Opinion
Becher, Michael, Nicholas Longuet Marx, Vincent Pons, Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault, Vincenzo Galasso, Eric Kerrouche, Sandra León Alfonso, and Daniel Stegmueller. "COVID-19, Government Performance, and Democracy: Survey Experimental Evidence from 12 Countries." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29514, November 2021. (Revise and resubmit requested, The Journal of Politics.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Walking the Talk in Multiparty Bargaining: An Experimental Investigation
By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Katherine L Milkman and Markus Noth
We study the framing effects of communication in multiparty bargaining. Communication has been shown to be more truthful and revealing than predicted in equilibrium. Because talk is preference-revealing, it may effectively frame bargaining around a logic of fairness or... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Competition; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Types; Fairness; Interpersonal Communication; Game Theory; Cooperation
McGinn, Kathleen L., Katherine L Milkman, and Markus Noth. "Walking the Talk in Multiparty Bargaining: An Experimental Investigation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-039, November 2009.
- winter 2005
- Article
An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions
By: Dan Ariely, Axel Ockenfels and A. E. Roth
Ariely, Dan, Axel Ockenfels, and A. E. Roth. "An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions." RAND Journal of Economics 36, no. 4 (winter 2005): 891–908.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Are Experts Blinded by Feasibility?: Experimental Evidence from a NASA Robotics Challenge
By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Zoe Szajnfarber, Jason Crusan, Michael Menietti and Karim R. Lakhani
Resource allocation decisions play a dominant role in shaping a firm’s technological trajectory and competitive advantage. Recent work indicates that innovative firms and scientific institutions tend to exhibit an anti-novelty bias when evaluating new projects and... View Details
Keywords: Evaluations; Novelty; Feasibility; Field Experiment; Resource Allocation; Technological Innovation; Competitive Advantage; Decision Making
Lane, Jacqueline N., Zoe Szajnfarber, Jason Crusan, Michael Menietti, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Are Experts Blinded by Feasibility? Experimental Evidence from a NASA Robotics Challenge." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-071, May 2022.
- 2003
- Book
Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation
By: Stefan Thomke
Thomke, Stefan. Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.
- 2022
- Working Paper
When the Journey—And Not Just the Destination—Matters: How Internationalization Shapes Entrepreneurial Experimentation
By: Nataliya Langburd Wright and Laura Huang
Internationalization—gaining exposure to cross-border markets—is often the result of an entrepreneur’s experimentation and strategy around their core business. Scholars have shown how entrepreneurs develop products or services, and after achieving some traction, turn... View Details
- 26 May 2010
- Working Paper Summaries