A large‐scale field experiment of artificially caused landslides with replications revealed the response of the ground‐dwelling beetle community to landslides
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9939
Abstract: Abstract Precipitation‐induced landslides, which are predicted to increase under the changing climate, may have large impacts on insect community properties. However, understanding of how insect community properties shift following landslides remains limited because replicated research… read more here.
Keywords: community; field experiment; large scale; ground dwelling ... See more keywords
Framing Flexible Spending Accounts: A Large-Scale Field Experiment on Communicating the Return on Medical Savings Accounts.
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.3965
Abstract: Tax-preferred health savings devices such as Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) offer employees potentially valuable financial instruments for directing pre-tax earnings to eligible medical expenses. Despite their increasing popularity as an… read more here.
Keywords: field experiment; spending accounts; health; flexible spending ... See more keywords
Picture this: A field experiment of the influence of subtle affective stimuli on employee well-being and performance
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DOI: 10.1002/job.2177
Abstract: Summary Prior literature examining the antecedents of employee affect has largely ignored subtle affective influences in the workplace and their impact on employees' affective experiences and behaviors. A substantial body of evidence from basic psychology… read more here.
Keywords: subtle affective; picture; affective stimuli; well performance ... See more keywords
The Milpa Game: a Field Experiment Investigating the Social and Ecological Dynamics of Q’eqchi’ Maya Swidden Agriculture
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DOI: 10.1007/s10745-020-00169-x
Abstract: We investigated the coupled social and ecological dynamics of swidden agriculture through a common property resource field experiment framed as a game with realistic social norms and ecological dynamics. We tested the hypothesis that community… read more here.
Keywords: game; swidden agriculture; field experiment; social ecological ... See more keywords
Nitrogen addition alters C-N cycling in alpine rangelands: Evidence from a 4-year in situ field experiment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2021.105366
Abstract: Abstract Nitrogen (N) deposition has been critical to the increase in the terrestrial carbon (C) sink in recent decades. Clarifying the C-N cycling responses in rangelands to N enrichment is essential for quantitatively understanding and… read more here.
Keywords: soil; situ field; addition; field experiment ... See more keywords
Nudging with your child’s education. A field experiment on collecting municipal dues when enforcement is scant
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109116
Abstract: Abstract We study whether nudging can improve payment morale for taxes and dues when enforcement through public institutions is low because of social reasons. In a natural field experiment involving the parents of children who… read more here.
Keywords: dues enforcement; child education; nudging child; field experiment ... See more keywords
Reducing household electricity consumption during evening peak demand times: Evidence from a field experiment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111657
Abstract: Abstract Peak demand reduction is a key element in demand management programs targeting the stabilization of the electricity grid. This study examines a field experiment in Austria that investigated rebates and non-monetary incentives to reduce… read more here.
Keywords: peak demand; electricity; electricity consumption; field experiment ... See more keywords
Science-based communication to decrease disparities in adult pneumococcal vaccination rates.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.japh.2020.05.020
Abstract: OBJECTIVES The objective of our study was to determine the effects of science-based communications on the attitude toward pneumococcal vaccination and understand how nonwhite racial and ethnic populations respond to these messages. DESIGN Our team… read more here.
Keywords: pneumococcal vaccination; community; science based; survey ... See more keywords
Discrimination in a deprived neighbourhood: An artefactual field experiment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2017.05.016
Abstract: We present a field experiment designed to examine the discriminatory motives of an understudied demographic: the poorest people in England. Subjects are first asked to divide £10 between two strangers, and then play a £10… read more here.
Keywords: discrimination deprived; discrimination; group; field experiment ... See more keywords
Learned generosity? An artefactual field experiment with parents and their children
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2017.07.030
Abstract: An active area of research within the social sciences concerns the underlying motivation for sharing scarce resources and engaging in other pro-social actions. In this paper we ask: do parents model social preference behavior to… read more here.
Keywords: artefactual field; generosity; experiment; learned generosity ... See more keywords
Religion, minority status, and trust: Evidence from a field experiment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2017.11.028
Abstract: It is now well accepted that trust is crucial for economic and social development. There is also evidence that religion strongly affects how individuals act when interacting with others. The same is true of status.… read more here.
Keywords: status; group; minority status; field experiment ... See more keywords