United in the midst of crisis? Experimental evidence on how the coronavirus changes our moral perspectives.

Last registered on March 31, 2020

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
United in the midst of crisis? Experimental evidence on how the coronavirus changes our moral perspectives.
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0005613
Initial registration date
March 29, 2020

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
March 31, 2020, 3:16 PM EDT

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

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
Norwegian School of Economics

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
Norwegian School of Economics
PI Affiliation
Norwegian School of Economics

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2020-03-18
End date
2022-12-31
Secondary IDs
Abstract
In a controlled experiment, we will study how the coronavirus crisis causally affects key components of people's moral perspective, such as inequality acceptance, selfi shness and moral universalism, using a representative sample of Americans.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Cappelen, Alexander W., Ranveig Falch and Bertil Tungodden. 2020. "United in the midst of crisis? Experimental evidence on how the coronavirus changes our moral perspectives.." AEA RCT Registry. March 31. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.5613-1.0
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2020-03-18
Intervention End Date
2020-04-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Key outcome variables are inequality acceptance, selfi shness and moral universalism.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
In a controlled experiment, we will study how the coronavirus crisis causally affects key components of people's moral perspective, such as inequality acceptance, selfi shness and moral universalism, using a representative sample of Americans.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done by a computer.
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
7000
Sample size: planned number of observations
7000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
3500 in each treatment arm.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
NHH Norwegian School of Economics Institutional Review Board (NHH IRB)
IRB Approval Date
2020-03-29
IRB Approval Number
N/A
Analysis Plan

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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

Relevant Paper(s)

Reports & Other Materials