Citizens’ trade-offs in state merger decisions: Evidence from a randomized survey experiment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2020.10.018
Abstract: Voters dealing with jurisdictional merger decisions face a trade-off between economies of scale and preference costs. Larger jurisdictions may offer cost advantages, yet the downside is that policies in larger units may be less aligned… read more here.
Keywords: merger; merger decisions; trade; randomized survey ... See more keywords
Portrayals of mental illness, treatment, and relapse and their effects on the stigma of mental illness: Population-based, randomized survey experiment in rural Uganda
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002908
Abstract: Background Mental illness stigma is a fundamental barrier to improving mental health worldwide, but little is known about how to durably reduce it. Understanding of mental illness as a treatable medical condition may influence stigmatizing… read more here.
Keywords: treatment; survey experiment; mental illness; randomized survey ... See more keywords
Information About Inequality of Opportunity Increases Downward Mobility Perceptions: A Population-Wide Randomized Survey Experiment
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.868303
Abstract: Existing evidence which is primarily based on cross-sectional and observational data suggests that perceptions of doing worse or better than parents might be more important for various life outcomes than the conventional measures of mobility… read more here.
Keywords: mobility; population wide; survey; opportunity ... See more keywords