Attitudes towards the social market economy - How to assess the success of an economic system?

Last registered on June 28, 2023
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Attitudes towards the social market economy - How to assess the success of an economic system?
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0011688
Initial registration date
June 27, 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 28, 2023, 4:58 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
Mathias Dolls
PI Affiliation
ifo Institute
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PI Name
Sarah Necker
PI Affiliation
ifo Institute and FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
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PI Name
Andreas Peichl
PI Affiliation
ifo Institute and LMU Munich
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2023-07-03
End date
2024-07-31
Keywords
Welfare
Additional Keywords
Comparative economic systems, institutions, role of government
JEL code(s)
H0, H10, P1, P5
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
We use this survey among academic economists to elicit expert views on the main criteria according to which the sucess of an economic system can be measured.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Dolls, Mathias et al. 2023. "Attitudes towards the social market economy - How to assess the success of an economic system?." AEA RCT Registry. June 28. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.11688-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
In the first block of the questionnaire, we ask all respondents about variables that should be used to measure the performance of an economic system. In the second block we randomly allocate respondents into three groups. The first group will be asked about expected future CO-2 emissions, the second group about the effects of artificial intelligence and the third group about expected future inequality. We plan to use the expert expectations expressed in this block as input for information treatments in household surveys.
Intervention Start Date
2023-07-03
Intervention End Date
2024-07-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
variables that should be used to measure the success of an economic system
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
In the first block of the questionnaire, we ask all respondents about variables that should be used to measure the performance of an economic system. In the second block we randomly allocate respondents into three groups. The first group will be asked about future CO-2 emissions, the second group about artificial intelligence and the third group about inequality. We plan to use the expert expectations expressed in this block as input for information treatments in household surveys.
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
up to 10000 individuals
Sample size: planned number of observations
up to 10000 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
up to 3333 individuals
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, Project 2023-09
IRB Approval Date
2023-05-22
IRB Approval Number
2023-09
Analysis Plan

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