Attitudes toward private and public debt - does language matter? A survey experiment in Switzerland

Last registered on June 06, 2023
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Attitudes toward private and public debt - does language matter? A survey experiment in Switzerland
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0011506
Initial registration date
May 30, 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
June 06, 2023, 3:56 PM EDT

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

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Primary Investigator

Name
Lisa Windsteiger
Affiliation
University of Salzburg and ifo Institute
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Cevat Giray Aksoy
PI Affiliation
EBRD and King's College London
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PI Name
Mathias Dolls
PI Affiliation
ifo Institute
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PI Name
Justyna Klejdysz
PI Affiliation
LMU Munich and ifo Institute
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PI Name
Andreas Peichl
PI Affiliation
LMU Munich and ifo Institute
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2023-06-09
End date
2025-06-30
Keywords
Behavior, Finance & Microfinance, Welfare
Additional Keywords
private debt, public debt, economics of language
JEL code(s)
D83, H63, G51, Z13
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
The proposed project aims to understand whether language can causally affect people's attitudes towards private and public debt. We investigate this question via an online survey experiment which will be fielded in Switzerland.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Aksoy, Cevat Giray et al. 2023. "Attitudes toward private and public debt - does language matter? A survey experiment in Switzerland." AEA RCT Registry. June 06. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.11506-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2023-06-09
Intervention End Date
2023-08-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Attitudes towards private and public debt
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The experimental component of our research design consists of the random use of either a neutral or a negatively connotated word (two neutrally connotated words) for "debt" for respondents who answer the survey in German (in French).
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
1 country
Sample size: planned number of observations
4000 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
2000 respondents control, 2000 respondents treatment
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Ethics Commission, Department of Economics, University of Munich
IRB Approval Date
2023-05-22
IRB Approval Number
2023-08
Analysis Plan

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