The Dictator's Commitment Problem and Individual Preferences for Concessions amid Protests: A Conjoint Experiment

Last registered on June 14, 2020

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
The Dictator's Commitment Problem and Individual Preferences for Concessions amid Protests: A Conjoint Experiment
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0005863
Initial registration date
May 16, 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
May 18, 2020, 12:35 PM EDT

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

Last updated
June 14, 2020, 12:56 PM EDT

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
Stanford University
PI Affiliation
National Taiwan University

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2020-05-15
End date
2020-06-30
Secondary IDs
Abstract
This study will use a conjoint survey experiment to test the effect of the dictator's commitment problem on individual citizens' preferences for the concessions an authoritarian government offers amid protests.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Tung, Hans, Ming-Jen Lin and Yuki Takagi. 2020. "The Dictator's Commitment Problem and Individual Preferences for Concessions amid Protests: A Conjoint Experiment ." AEA RCT Registry. June 14. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.5863-1.4000000000000001
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2020-05-15
Intervention End Date
2020-05-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Willingness to accept a concession proposal an authoritarian government offers amid protests.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The survey experiment uses a conjoint design. Respondents are presented with hypothetical government concession proposals composed of five different aspects of reform (or the status quo). They are also told to imagine that the government is considering . Each of the five aspects of reform has several levels, which are presented randomly during the experiment.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization by computer
Randomization Unit
Randomization is done per individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
1,500 individuals
Sample size: planned number of observations
37,500 evaluations
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Since this study adopts a conjoint design, the concept of treatment arms is not applicable.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Research Ethics Committee
IRB Approval Date
2020-01-06
IRB Approval Number
201911HS007
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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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