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de Quidt, Jonathan, Haushofer, Johannes and Roth, Christopher (2018) Measuring and bounding experimenter demand. American Economic Review, 108 (11). pp. 3266-3302. doi:10.1257/aer.20171330 ISSN 0002-8282.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20171330
Abstract
We propose a technique for assessing robustness to demand effects of findings from experiments and surveys. The core idea is that by deliberately inducing demand in a structured way we can bound its influence. We present a model in which participants respond to their beliefs about the researcher's objectives. Bounds are obtained by manipulating those beliefs with "demand treatments." We apply the method to 11 classic tasks, and estimate bounds averaging 0.13 standard deviations, suggesting that typical demand effects are probably modest. We also show how to compute demand-robust treatment effects and how to structurally estimate the model.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | American Economic Review | ||||||
Publisher: | American Economic Association | ||||||
ISSN: | 0002-8282 | ||||||
Official Date: | November 2018 | ||||||
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Volume: | 108 | ||||||
Number: | 11 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 3266-3302 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1257/aer.20171330 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
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Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 July 2019 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 July 2019 |
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