Public Goods and Government Size: Supplementary Experiment

Last registered on October 25, 2022

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Trial Information

General Information

Title

Public Goods and Government Size: Supplementary Experiment

RCT ID

AEARCTR-0010270

Initial registration date

October 19, 2022

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

October 25, 2022, 10:53 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country

United States of America

Region

Primary Investigator

Name

Daiki Kishishita

Affiliation

Tokyo University of Science

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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name

Tomoko Matsumoto

PI Affiliation

Tokyo University of Science

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PI Name

Atsushi Yamagishi

PI Affiliation

Princeton University

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Additional Trial Information

Status

In development

Start date

2022-10-21

End date

2022-10-31

Keywords

Electoral, Governance, Welfare

Additional Keywords

JEL code(s)

Secondary IDs

Prior work

This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.

Abstract

This study examines how people's perceptions on the governmental role of providing public goods affect their policy preferences for the government size. To this end, we conduct an online survey experiment where the information regarding the governmental role of providing public goods is randomly assigned.

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Registration Citation

Citation

Kishishita, Daiki, Tomoko Matsumoto and Atsushi Yamagishi. 2022. "Public Goods and Government Size: Supplementary Experiment." AEA RCT Registry. October 25. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.10270-1.0

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Interventions

Intervention(s)

We randomly provide information that emphasizes the governmental role of providing public goods.

Intervention Start Date

2022-10-21

Intervention End Date

2022-10-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)

Policy preferences for taxation and public spending

Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Policy preferences for taxation and public spending. Outcomes include preferences for the government size (e.g., whether one agrees to increase tax rates), preferences for the desirable tax system (e.g., progressive vs. uniform vs. lump-sum), and preferences for public spending (e.g., whether it should be used for helping the poor).

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)

Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

We conduct an online survey experiment where the information about the US government's activities in providing public goods is randomly assigned.

Experimental Design Details

We conduct an online survey experiment where the information about the US government's activities in providing public goods is randomly assigned. We look at the treatment effect of this information on preferences for taxation and providing public goods by focusing on the respondents who initially understimated the US government's activities.

Randomization Method

Randomization is done by a computer.

Randomization Unit

individual

Was the treatment clustered?

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters

one country.

Sample size: planned number of observations

900 individuals.

Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms

300 individuals for the treatment 1 group, 300 individuals for the treatment 2 group, and 300 individuals for the control group.

Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)

Significance level: 5%, Power: 80% For a binary outcome where the average of the control is 0.5, the minimum detectable effect size is around 0.1 (10%).

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