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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Substitution Patterns of the Random Coefficients Logit

By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Andrew Ainslie
Previous research suggests that the random coefficients logit is a highly flexible model that overcomes the problems of the homogeneous logit by allowing for differences in tastes across individuals. The purpose of this paper is to show that this is not true. We prove... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Mathematical Methods; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias
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Do Group Dynamics Influence Social Capital Gains Among Microfinance Clients? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Urban India

By: Natalia Rigol, Benjamin Feigenberg, Erica Field, Rohini Pande and Shayak Sarkar
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    The Power of Experiments

    Have you logged into Facebook recently? Searched for something on Google? Chosen a movie on Netflix? If so, you've probably been an unwitting participant in a variety of experiments—also known as randomized controlled trials—designed to test the impact of... View Details

    • December 2022
    • Article

    Social Skills Improve Business Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial with Entrepreneurs in Togo

    By: Stefan Dimitriadis and Rembrand Koning
    Recent field experiments demonstrate that advice, mentorship, and feedback from randomly assigned peers improve entrepreneurial performance. These results raise a natural question: what is preventing entrepreneurs and managers from forming these peer connections... View Details
    Keywords: Social Skills; Business Performance; Entrepreneurs; Peer Relationships; Field Experiment; Entrepreneurship; Performance; Relationships; Interpersonal Communication; Togo
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    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Much Ado About Nothing? Overreaction to Random Regulatory Audits

    By: Samuel Antill and Joseph Kalmenovitz
    Regulators often audit firms to detect non-compliance. Exploiting a natural experiment in the lobbying industry, we show that firms overreact to audits and this response distorts prices and reduces welfare. Each year, federal regulators audit a random sample of... View Details
    Keywords: Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Price
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    • March 2016 (Revised February 2023)
    • Exercise

    Advertising Experiments at RestaurantGrades

    By: Michael Luca, Weijia Dai and Hyunjin Kim
    Advertising Experiments at RestaurantGrades is an exercise in which students are asked to analyze and make a recommendation on the basis of simulated experimental data. The setting is a hypothetical restaurant review company called RestaurantGrades (RG), which shows... View Details
    Keywords: Analysis; Digital Marketing
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    • 2020
    • Working Paper

    (When) Does Appearance Matter? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

    By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna, Christos A. Makridis and Subhradip Sarker
    While there is evidence about labor market discrimination based on race, religion, and gender, we know little about whether physical appearance leads to discrimination in labor market outcomes. We deploy a randomized experiment on 1,000 respondents in India between... View Details
    Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Coronavirus; Discrimination; Homophily; Labor Market Mobility; Limited Attention; Resumes; Personal Characteristics; Prejudice and Bias
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    • Forthcoming
    • Article

    Should Human Capital Development Programs Be Voluntary or Mandatory? Evidence from a Field Experiment

    By: Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
    In a field experiment, we find large differences in productivity treatment effects between voluntary and mandatory workplace mentorship programs. A significant portion of this difference is due to the best employees opting into the program when it is voluntary and... View Details
    Keywords: Mentoring; Mentorship Programs; Randomized Controlled Trial; Performance Productivity; Employees; Talent and Talent Management; Programs
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    • 2022
    • Working Paper

    Is Hybrid Work the Best of Both Worlds? Evidence from a Field Experiment

    By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna, Christos A. Makridis and Kyle Schirmann
    Hybrid work is emerging as a novel form of organizing work globally. This paper reports causal evidence on how the extent of hybrid work—the number of days worked from home relative to days worked from the office—affects work outcomes. Collaborating with an... View Details
    Keywords: Hybrid Work; Remote Work; Work-from-home; Field Experiment; Employees; Geographic Location; Performance; Work-Life Balance
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    • January 2024
    • Article

    Population Interference in Panel Experiments

    By: Kevin Wu Han, Guillaume Basse and Iavor Bojinov
    The phenomenon of population interference, where a treatment assigned to one experimental unit affects another experimental unit’s outcome, has received considerable attention in standard randomized experiments. The complications produced by population interference in... View Details
    Keywords: Outcome or Result; Research; Situation or Environment
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    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Population Interference in Panel Experiments

    By: Iavor I Bojinov, Kevin Wu Han and Guillaume Basse
    The phenomenon of population interference, where a treatment assigned to one experimental unit affects another experimental unit's outcome, has received considerable attention in standard randomized experiments. The complications produced by population interference in... View Details
    Keywords: Finite Population; Potential Outcomes; Dynamic Causal Effects; Mathematical Methods
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    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Should Human Capital Development Programs Be Voluntary or Mandatory? Evidence from a Field Experiment

    By: Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
    In a field experiment, we find large differences in productivity treatment effects between voluntary and mandatory workplace mentorship programs. A significant portion of this difference is due to the best employees opting into the program when it is voluntary and... View Details
    Keywords: Mentoring; Mentorship Programs; Randomized Controlled Trial; Employees; Relationships; Programs; Performance
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      Population Interference in Panel Experiments

      The phenomenon of population interference, where a treatment assigned to one experimental unit affects another experimental unit’s outcome, has received considerable attention in standard randomized experiments. The complications produced by population... View Details
      • March 2016 (Revised February 2023)
      • Teaching Note

      Advertising Experiments at RestaurantGrades

      By: Michael Luca, Weijia Dai and Hyunjin Kim
      Advertising Experiments at RestaurantGrades is an exercise in which students are asked to analyze and make a recommendation on the basis of simulated experimental data. The setting is a hypothetical restaurant review company called RestaurantGrades (RG), which shows... View Details
      Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Marketing; Digital Marketing; Analysis; Performance Effectiveness
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      • 05 Nov 2018
      • News

      Using Experiments to Launch New Products

      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      Virtual Water Coolers: A Field Experiment on the Role of Virtual Interactions on Organizational Newcomer Performance

      By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Jacqueline N. Lane and Iavor Bojinov
      Designing management practices to better onboard organizational newcomers working remotely is a key priority for firms. We report results from a randomized field experiment conducted at a large global firm that estimates the performance effects of different types of... View Details
      Keywords: Remote Work; Virtual Water Coolers; Social Interactions; Careers; Field Experiment; Employees; Interpersonal Communication; Internet and the Web; Performance; Personal Development and Career
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      • 01 Apr 1999
      • News

      A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

      an odd experience for Kramer the journalist: SEC rules prohibited MarketWatch from covering its own much-anticipated debut - or even from running stories by other news media that might mention it - so as not to unfairly promote its stock.... View Details
      • 01 Jun 1999
      • News

      A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

      Have you heard the one about the minister and the stockbroker waiting in line at the Pearly Gates? St. Peter smiles and says to the stockbroker, "My son, take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven." Then he tells the minister, "Take this... View Details
      Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

        Achieving Reliable Causal Inference with Data-Mined Variables: A Random Forest Approach to the Measurement Error Problem

        Combining machine learning with econometric analysis is becoming increasingly prevalent in both research and practice. A common empirical strategy involves the application of predictive modeling techniques to "mine" variables of interest from available data,... View Details
        • 19 Jul 2024
        • Blog Post

        Seven Lessons from the Section Experience

        philosophers and concepts was Baruch Spinoza who wrote, “Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.” At first glance, HBS’s section experience seems... View Details