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  • April 2024
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Pay-As-You-Go Insurance: Experimental Evidence on Consumer Demand and Behavior

By: Raymond Kluender
Pay-as-you-go contracts reduce minimum purchase requirements which may increase market participation. We randomize the introduction and price(s) of a novel pay-as-you-go contract to the California auto insurance market where 17 percent of drivers are uninsured. The... View Details
Keywords: Contracts; Consumer Behavior; Price; Personal Finance; Insurance Industry; California
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Kluender, Raymond. "Pay-As-You-Go Insurance: Experimental Evidence on Consumer Demand and Behavior." Review of Financial Studies 37, no. 4 (April 2024): 1118–1148.
  • January 2022
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Rational Habit Formation: Experimental Evidence from Handwashing in India

By: Reshmaan Hussam, Atonu Rabbani, Giovanni Reggiani and Natalia Rigol
We test the predictions of the rational addiction model, reconceptualized as rational habit formation, in the context of handwashing in rural India. To track handwashing, we design soap dispensers with timed sensors. We test for rational habit formation by informing... View Details
Keywords: Handwashing; Habit; Monitoring; Behavior; Health; Motivation and Incentives
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Hussam, Reshmaan, Atonu Rabbani, Giovanni Reggiani, and Natalia Rigol. "Rational Habit Formation: Experimental Evidence from Handwashing in India." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 14, no. 1 (January 2022): 1–41. (Lead Article.)
  • April 2019
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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
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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
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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
Keywords: Elections; Politics; Voting; Political Elections; Behavior; France
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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
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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.)

    Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile

    We test the effectiveness of self-help peer groups as a commitment device for precautionary savings, through two randomized field experiments among 2,687 microentrepreneurs in Chile. The first experiment finds that self-help peer groups are a powerful tool to... View Details

    • September 1988
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    The Deadline Effect in Bargaining: Some Experimental Evidence

    By: A. E. Roth, J. K. Murnighan and F. Schoumaker
    Keywords: Negotiation; Information
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    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
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    Managing Experimentation in the Design of New Products

    By: S. Thomke
    Keywords: Design; Product; Management
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    Thomke, S. "Managing Experimentation in the Design of New Products." Management Science 44, no. 6 (June 1998): 743–762.
    • December 2007
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    Psychology and Experimental Economics: A Gap in Abstraction

    By: Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton
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    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
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    Expectations and Reputations in Bargaining: An Experimental Study

    By: A. E. Roth and F. Schoumaker
    Keywords: Negotiation; Reputation
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    Roth, A. E., and F. Schoumaker. "Expectations and Reputations in Bargaining: An Experimental Study." American Economic Review 73, no. 3 (June 1983): 362–372.
    • 2009
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    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
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    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
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    An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions

    By: Dan Ariely, Axel Ockenfels and A. E. Roth
    Keywords: Theory; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Internet and the Web; Auctions
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    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.
    • 2003
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    Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation

    By: Stefan Thomke
    Keywords: Information Technology; Innovation and Invention
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    Thomke, Stefan. Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.
    • 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
    Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; AI and Machine Learning; Mathematical Methods
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    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.
    • 1987
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    Laboratory Experimentation in Economics: Six Points of View

    By: A. E. Roth
    Keywords: Economics
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    Roth, A. E., ed. Laboratory Experimentation in Economics: Six Points of View. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
    • 2022
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    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
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship And Strategy; Entrepreneurial Ventures; Entrepreneurial Journey; International Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Global Range; Strategy
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    Wright, Nataliya Langburd, and Laura Huang. "When the Journey—And Not Just the Destination—Matters: How Internationalization Shapes Entrepreneurial Experimentation." Working Paper, February 2022.
    • 03 Dec 2009
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    Walking the Talk in Multiparty Bargaining: An Experimental Investigation

    Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn, Katherine L. Milkman & Markus Nöth
    • June 2018
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    Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital

    By: Michael Ewens, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
    We study how technological shocks to the cost of starting new businesses have led the venture capital model to adapt in fundamental ways over the prior decade. We both document and provide a framework to understand the changes in the investment strategy of VCs in... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation; Investing; Abandonment Option; Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Investment
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    Ewens, Michael, Ramana Nanda, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital." Journal of Financial Economics 128, no. 3 (June 2018): 422–442.
    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital

    By: Michael Ewens, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
    We study how technological shocks to the cost of starting new businesses have led the venture capital model to adapt in fundamental ways over the prior decade. We both document and provide a framework to understand the changes in the investment strategy of VCs in... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation; Investing; Abandonment Option; Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Investment
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    Ewens, Michael, Ramana Nanda, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-070, February 2015. (Revised March 2017, Forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics.)
    • February 2012
    • Article

    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 on payoffs 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... View Details
    Keywords: Competition; Negotiation Process; Fairness; Negotiation Types; Interpersonal Communication; Game Theory; Cooperation
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    McGinn, Kathleen L., Katherine L. Milkman, and Markus Noth. "Walking the Talk in Multiparty Bargaining: An Experimental Investigation." Journal of Economic Psychology 33, no. 1 (February 2012).
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