Do economists act like democrats or technocratic paternalists?

Last registered on September 17, 2018
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Do economists act like democrats or technocratic paternalists?
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0003320
Initial registration date
September 13, 2018

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
September 17, 2018, 2:24 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Tanzania, United Republic of
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Ivar Kolstad
Affiliation
Chr. Michelsen Institute
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2017-05-30
End date
2017-11-23
Keywords
Other
Additional Keywords
paternalism, taxation
JEL code(s)
A11, C93, H21, H25
Secondary IDs
Abstract
Field experiment on tax preferences conducted among students of economics in Tanzania.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Kolstad, Ivar. 2018. "Do economists act like democrats or technocratic paternalists?." AEA RCT Registry. September 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.3320-1.0
Former Citation
Kolstad, Ivar. 2018. "Do economists act like democrats or technocratic paternalists?." AEA RCT Registry. September 17. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/3320/history/34313
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2017-05-30
Intervention End Date
2017-11-23

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Tax preferences measured using discrete choice experiments.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
A treatment group was primed with information that ordinary citizens disagree with implications of efficiency-based optimal tax theory.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Login codes to online survey were randomized among students.
Randomization Unit
individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
230
Sample size: planned number of observations
230
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
119 control, 111 treatment
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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Post-Trial

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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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