Attitudes towards political corruption : a vignette survey experiment on Lebanese students

Last registered on June 26, 2023
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General Information

Title
Attitudes towards political corruption : a vignette survey experiment on Lebanese students
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0011282
Initial registration date
April 17, 2023

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
April 18, 2023, 5:19 PM EDT

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

Last updated
June 26, 2023, 8:46 AM EDT

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Locations

Country
Lebanon
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Eliane El Badaoui
Affiliation
University Paris Nanterre
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Etienne Harb
PI Affiliation
La Sagesse University
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PI Name
Elisabeth Tovar
PI Affiliation
Paris Nanterre University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2023-04-18
End date
2023-05-06
Keywords
Electoral
Additional Keywords
clientelism, corruption, vote, Lebanon, vignette study, survey experiment
JEL code(s)
C83, C99, D72
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This study investigates the opinion of Lebanese students on the attitudes towards corruption in a general parliamentary election. Using a vignette experiment, we explore the causal effects of i) the nature of corruption, ii) the nature of the voter’s prize, iii) factors of proximity with the respondent. Using an individual post-vignette survey, we explore how attitudes towards corruption is associated with the respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics and attitudinal opinions.
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Registration Citation

Citation
El Badaoui, Eliane, Etienne Harb and Elisabeth Tovar. 2023. "Attitudes towards political corruption : a vignette survey experiment on Lebanese students." AEA RCT Registry. June 26. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.11282-2.3
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
The vignette survey experiment will be completed in paper format by Lebanese university students, during one of their classes, in the presence of their teacher. Respondents will not be incentivized.
Intervention Start Date
2023-04-18
Intervention End Date
2023-05-06

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
ordinal ranking between two candidates
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
7-rank majority judgment
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Each vignette consists of a short description of a hypothetical voting choice. In a general election setting, the respondent is presented with two candidates who vary in their personal characteristics and corruption level.

The factors included in the vignette design echo major determinants of the acceptability of corruption:
• the nature of corruption
• the proximity of the respondent and the candidate

Respondents are asked about
• the candidate they would choose to vote for (ordinal ranking);
• their general appreciation of both candidates (7-rank majority judgment)

Each student will be randomly assigned 1 version out of the 16 possible versions of the vignette.
After the vignette, a post-experimental individual survey collects information on sociodemographic characteristics and opinions.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Each individual respondent randomly received a version of the vignette among the pool of 16 alternative versions of the vignette. Randomization will not be stratified.
Randomization Unit
Randomization unit is : individual students
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
No clustering of treatments.
Sample size: planned number of observations
1600 individual observations.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Approximately 100 students
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Estimated number of respondents by version is about 100. This is consistent with an acceptable predictive power (5 % significance level, 80 % power and medium size effects, h=0,5).
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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Saint Joseph University IRB
IRB Approval Date
2023-04-04
IRB Approval Number
USJ 2022-18
IRB Name
CNRS IRB
IRB Approval Date
2023-04-14
IRB Approval Number
CNRS DPD/2023-001
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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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Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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Reports & Other Materials