An economic experiment on social preferences

Last registered on August 19, 2014
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
An economic experiment on social preferences
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0000487
Initial registration date
August 19, 2014

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
August 19, 2014, 9:04 AM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country
Norway
Region
All
Country
Norway
Region
All
Country
Norway
Region
All

Primary Investigator

Name
Ingvild Almas
Affiliation
IIES, Stockholm University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2014-08-14
End date
2015-12-31
Keywords
Welfare
Additional Keywords
Social preferences
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
The United States and European countries differ fundamentally in redistributive policies and inequality levels. The present project investigates whether there are also systematic differences between the United States and Europe in social preferences. More specifically, the project studies how sources of inequality (merit and luck) affect inequality acceptance. In order to do this, we run a novel economic experiment on nationally representative samples.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Almas, Ingvild. 2014. "An economic experiment on social preferences." AEA RCT Registry. August 19. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.487-1.0
Former Citation
Almas, Ingvild. 2014. "An economic experiment on social preferences." AEA RCT Registry. August 19. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/487/history/2506
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2014-08-14
Intervention End Date
2014-08-20

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
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Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
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Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
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Randomization Unit
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Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
The was no clustering in the analysis, the randomization was done at the individual level and we only collected one observation per individual.
Sample size: planned number of observations
2000 in the first part of this study.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
667
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

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Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

An economic experiment on social preferences

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SHA1: bfae99c581563ee06e178a6a647786acc61ef338

Uploaded At: August 19, 2014

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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