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  • 2006
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Ancient History of Experimental Economics and Social Psychology: Reminiscences and Analysis of a Fruitful Collaboration

By: J. Keith Murnighan and Alvin E. Roth
Keywords: History; Social Psychology; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Economics
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Murnighan, J. Keith, and Alvin E. Roth. "Ancient History of Experimental Economics and Social Psychology: Reminiscences and Analysis of a Fruitful Collaboration." In Social Psychology and Economics, edited by David de Cremer, J. Keith Murnighan, and Marcel Zeelenberg, 321–333. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Saving More to Borrow Less: Experimental Evidence from Access to Formal Savings Accounts in Chile

By: Felipe Kast and Dina Pomeranz
Poverty is often characterized not only by low and unstable income, but also by heavy debt burdens. We find that reducing barriers to saving through access to free savings accounts decreases participants' short-term debt by about 20%. In addition, participants who... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Poverty; Borrowing and Debt; Chile
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Kast, Felipe, and Dina Pomeranz. "Saving More to Borrow Less: Experimental Evidence from Access to Formal Savings Accounts in Chile." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 20239, June 2014. (Revision requested by Journal of Public Economics. Featured in La Tercera. Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-001, July 2013)
  • September 1998
  • Article

Predicting How People Play Games: Reinforcement Learning in Experimental Games with Unique, Mixed Strategy Equilibria

By: Ido Erev and A. E. Roth
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Forecasting and Prediction; Learning; Strategy
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Erev, Ido, and A. E. Roth. "Predicting How People Play Games: Reinforcement Learning in Experimental Games with Unique, Mixed Strategy Equilibria." American Economic Review 88, no. 4 (September 1998): 848–881.
  • 14 Apr 2014
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Facts and Figuring: An Experimental Investigation of Network Structure and Performance in Information and Solution Spaces

Keywords: by Jesse Shore, Ethan Bernstein & David Lazer
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Online Experimentation: Benefits, Operational and Methodological Challenges, and Scaling Guide

By: Iavor Bojinov and Somit Gupta
In the past decade, online controlled experimentation, or A/B testing, at scale has proved to be a significant driver of business innovation. The practice was first pioneered by the technology sector and, more recently, has been adopted by traditional companies... View Details
Keywords: A/B Testing; Experimentation; Data-driven Culture; Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Digital Transformation
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Bojinov, Iavor, and Somit Gupta. "Online Experimentation: Benefits, Operational and Methodological Challenges, and Scaling Guide." Harvard Data Science Review, no. 4.3 (Summer, 2022).
  • 2001
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The Impact of Technology on Knowledge Creation: A Study of Experimentation in Integrated Circuit Design

By: Stefan Thomke
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Thomke, Stefan. "The Impact of Technology on Knowledge Creation: A Study of Experimentation in Integrated Circuit Design." In Knowledge Emergence: Social, Technical, and Evolutionary Dimensions of Knowledge Creation, edited by Ikujiro Nonaka and Toshihiro Nishiguchi, 76–92. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
  • 16 Apr 2019
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Can Biometric Tracking Improve Healthcare Provision and Data Quality? Experimental Evidence from Tuberculosis Control in India

Keywords: by Thomas Bossuroy, Clara Delavallade, and Vincent Pons; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • August 1977
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The Effects of Communication and Information Availability in an Experimental Study of a Three Person Game

By: J. K. Murnighan and A. E. Roth
Keywords: Communication; Information; Games, Gaming, and Gambling
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Murnighan, J. K., and A. E. Roth. "The Effects of Communication and Information Availability in an Experimental Study of a Three Person Game." Management Science 23, no. 12 (August 1977): 1336–1348.
  • 2010
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Does Arrest Deter Violence? Comparing Experimental and Nonexperimental Evidence on Mandatory Arrest Laws, by Radha Iyengar

By: Rafael Di Tella
Keywords: Law Enforcement; Laws and Statutes; Social Issues
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Di Tella, Rafael. Comment on "Does Arrest Deter Violence? Comparing Experimental and Nonexperimental Evidence on Mandatory Arrest Laws, by Radha Iyengar." Chap. 12 The Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America, edited by Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky, 453–456. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. University of Chicago Press, 2010.
  • October 2018
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Booking.com

By: Stefan Thomke and Daniela Beyersdorfer
The case reveals how Booking.com has become the world's leading travel accommodation platform. The company has put online experimentation at the heart of how it designs digital experiences for its customers and partners. To unlock the potential of large-scale testing,... View Details
Keywords: Travel; Product Innovation; Experimentation; A/B Testing; User Experience Design; Product Development; Product Design; Innovation and Management; Transformation; Information Technology; Digital Transformation; Travel Industry
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  • 2016
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Experimental Evidence on Policies Aimed at Closing the Gender Gap in Willingness to Guess on Multiple-Choice Tests

By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman
Research has shown that women skip more questions than men on multiple-choice tests with penalties for wrong answers. We propose and test five policy changes aimed at eliminating this source of gender bias in test scores. Our data show that simply removing the penalty... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Behavior; Decision Choices and Conditions; Gender
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Coffman, Katherine Baldiga. "Experimental Evidence on Policies Aimed at Closing the Gender Gap in Willingness to Guess on Multiple-Choice Tests." Working Paper, August 2016.
  • 1997
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Experience, Experimentation and the Accumulation of Organizational Capabilities: An Empirical Study of R&D in the Semiconductor Industry

By: Marco Iansiti and Jonathan West
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Iansiti, Marco, and Jonathan West. "Experience, Experimentation and the Accumulation of Organizational Capabilities: An Empirical Study of R&D in the Semiconductor Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 96-032, April 1997.
  • March 2006
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The Dynamics of Law Clerk Matching: An Experimental and Computational Investigation of Proposals for Reform of the Market

By: Ernan E. Haruvy, Alvin E Roth and M. Utku Unver
Keywords: Law; Information; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Markets
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Haruvy, Ernan E., Alvin E Roth, and M. Utku Unver. "The Dynamics of Law Clerk Matching: An Experimental and Computational Investigation of Proposals for Reform of the Market." Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control 30, no. 3 (March 2006): 457–486.

    Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier: Field Experimental Evidence of the Effects of AI on Knowledge Worker Productivity and Quality

    The public release of Large Language Models (LLMs) has sparked tremendous interest in how humans will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accomplish a variety of tasks. In our study conducted with Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, we examine... View Details
    • April 2020
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    A Theory of Experimenters: Robustness, Randomization, and Balance

    By: Abhijit Banerjee, Sylvain Chassang, Sergio Montero and Erik Snowberg
    This paper studies the problem of experiment design by an ambiguity-averse decisionmaker who trades off subjective expected performance against robust performance guarantees. This framework accounts for real-world experimenters’ preference for randomization. It also... View Details
    Keywords: Experiment Design; Experimenters; Theory; Performance
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    Banerjee, Abhijit, Sylvain Chassang, Sergio Montero, and Erik Snowberg. "A Theory of Experimenters: Robustness, Randomization, and Balance." American Economic Review 110, no. 4 (April 2020): 1206–1230.
    • 2016
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    The Innovators' Tools

    By: Stefan Thomke
    Keywords: Innovation; Tools; Experimentation; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention
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    Thomke, Stefan. "The Innovators' Tools." In Revolutionizing Innovation: Users, Communities, and Open Innovation, edited by Dietmar Harhoff and Karim R. Lakhani. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016.
    • 23 Dec 2020
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    A Path to Developing More Insightful Business School Graduates: A Systems-Based, Experimental Approach to Integrating Law, Strategy, and Sustainability

    • August 2, 2016
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    Uncalculating Cooperation Is Used to Signal Trustworthiness

    By: Jillian J. Jordan, Moshe Hoffman, Martin A. Nowak and David G. Rand
    Humans frequently cooperate without carefully weighing the costs and benefits. As a result, people may wind up cooperating when it is not worthwhile to do so. Why risk making costly mistakes? Here, we present experimental evidence that reputation concerns provide an... View Details
    Keywords: Social Evaluation; Experimental Economics; Moral Psychology; Cooperation; Reputation; Decision Making
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    Jordan, Jillian J., Moshe Hoffman, Martin A. Nowak, and David G. Rand. "Uncalculating Cooperation Is Used to Signal Trustworthiness." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 31 (August 2, 2016): 8658–8663.
    • 10 Dec 2014
    • News

    Yes, A/B Testing Is Still Necessary

    Keywords: statistics; experimentation; testing; products
    • May 1999
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    The Effect of Adding a Constant to All Payoffs: Experimental Investigation, and a Reinforcement Learning Model with Self-Adjusting Speed of Learning

    By: Ido Erev, Yoella Bereby-Meyer and Alvin E. Roth
    Keywords: Learning; Information
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    Erev, Ido, Yoella Bereby-Meyer, and Alvin E. Roth. "The Effect of Adding a Constant to All Payoffs: Experimental Investigation, and a Reinforcement Learning Model with Self-Adjusting Speed of Learning." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 39, no. 1 (May 1999): 111–128.
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