Moral Luck additional control treatment

Last registered on May 30, 2024
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Moral Luck additional control treatment
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0013719
Initial registration date
May 29, 2024

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
May 30, 2024, 5:49 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
David Huffman
Affiliation
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-05-31
End date
2024-06-02
Keywords
Behavior
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This is an additional control treatment for a project studying moral luck, previously pre-registered under: AEARCTR-0008260
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Registration Citation

Citation
Huffman, David. 2024. "Moral Luck additional control treatment." AEA RCT Registry. May 30. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.13719-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
This is a new control treatment for a previously pre-registered study.
Intervention Start Date
2024-05-31
Intervention End Date
2024-06-02

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Judgements and incentivized beliefs of the spectator about the fourth active player.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The treatment is identical to the main treatment in the study, which was previously pre-registered, except that the possibility for the spectator to punish the active player is removed. Thus, they can only form judgements and beliefs.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
This is a single control treatment.
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
NA
Sample size: planned number of observations
1,200 subjects level observations.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
The target sample size is 1,200 subjects.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
University of Bonn
IRB Approval Date
2019-11-12
IRB Approval Number
2019-03
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Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

Study Withdrawal

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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