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Intervention (Public) All participants complete the same insurance education, comprehension item, incentive explanation, plan menu, post-choice probability questions, liquidity question, and incentivized random-outcome procedure. The three conditions vary only in how the same objective damage distribution is described immediately before plan choice. 1. Separate damage-outcome probabilities condition: 96% chance of no damage, 1% chance of minor damage costing $750, and 3% chance of severe damage costing at least $2,500. 2. Any-damage and conditional-severity condition: 4% chance of any damage of at least $750 and, conditional on any damage, a 75% chance that damage is severe and costs at least $2,500. 3. Any-damage and severe-damage probabilities condition: 4% chance of any damage of at least $750 and 3% chance of severe damage costing at least $2,500. Participants choose among a Basic Plan ($616 premium, $2,000 deductible), Medium Plan ($900 premium, $400 deductible), and Premium Plan ($1,020 premium, $250 deductible). Their plan choice and a randomly selected damage outcome determine a bonus between $0.00 and $1.54. The regular participation payment is $1.00. All participants complete the same insurance education, comprehension item, incentive explanation, plan menu, post-choice probability questions, liquidity question, and incentivized random-outcome procedure. The three conditions vary only in how the same objective damage distribution is described immediately before plan choice. 1. Separate damage-outcome probabilities condition: 96% chance of no damage, 1% chance of minor damage costing $750, and 3% chance of severe damage costing $2,500. 2. Any-damage and conditional-severity condition: 4% chance of any damage of at least $750 and, conditional on any damage, a 75% chance that damage is severe and costs $2,500. 3. Any-damage and severe-damage probabilities condition: 4% chance of any damage of at least $750 and 3% chance of severe damage costing $2,500. Participants choose among a Basic Plan ($616 premium, $2,000 deductible), Medium Plan ($806 premium, $400 deductible), and Premium Plan ($926 premium, $250 deductible). Their plan choice and a randomly selected damage outcome determine a bonus between $0.00 and $1.54. The regular participation payment is $1.00.
Randomization Method Qualtrics assigns participants using a 12-cell evenly presented randomizer: five cells assign the separate damage-outcome probabilities condition, five assign the any-damage and conditional-severity condition, and two assign the any-damage and severe-damage probabilities condition. The intended allocation is therefore 5:5:2. Qualtrics will assign participants using an eight-cell evenly presented randomizer. Three cells assign the terminal-state condition, three assign the nested-conditional condition, and two assign the marginal-probability condition. The randomizer presents one cell to each participant, producing an intended allocation ratio of 3:3:2.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms The target analytic sample is 600 eligible completed participants after the preregistered exclusions: approximately 250 in the separate damage-outcome probabilities condition, 250 in the any-damage and conditional-severity condition, and 100 in the any-damage and severe-damage probabilities condition. Recruitment may continue until the target analytic sample is reached, subject to budget and platform availability. The target analytic sample is 600 eligible completed participants after the preregistered exclusions: approximately 200 in the separate damage-outcome probabilities condition, 200 in the any-damage and conditional-severity condition, and 150 in the any-damage and severe-damage probabilities condition. Recruitment may continue until the target analytic sample is reached, subject to budget and platform availability.
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