Attitudes towards private and public debt - Does language matter?

Last registered on August 02, 2021
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Attitudes towards private and public debt - Does language matter?
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0007949
Initial registration date
July 30, 2021

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
August 02, 2021, 1:56 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Australia
Region
Country
Germany
Region
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Region
Country
Netherlands
Region
Country
Sweden
Region
Country
United States of America
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Lisa Windsteiger
Affiliation
University of Salzburg and ifo Institute
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Cevat Giray Aksoy
PI Affiliation
EBRD and King's College London
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PI Name
Mathias Dolls
PI Affiliation
ifo Institute Munich
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PI Name
Andreas Peichl
PI Affiliation
ifo Institute and LMU Munich
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2021-08-02
End date
2022-08-30
Keywords
Finance & Microfinance, Other, Welfare
Additional Keywords
private debt, public debt, economics of language
JEL code(s)
D83, H63, G51, Z13
Secondary IDs
Abstract
The proposed project aims to understand whether language can causally affect people's attitudes towards private and public debt. We investigate this question via an online survey experiment which will be fielded in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, as well as in three countries which have English as an official language (Australia, UK, US).
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Registration Citation

Citation
Aksoy, Cevat Giray et al. 2021. "Attitudes towards private and public debt - Does language matter?." AEA RCT Registry. August 02. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.7949-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2021-08-02
Intervention End Date
2021-10-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Attitudes towards private and public debt
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The experimental component of our research design consists of the random use of either a neutral or a negatively connotated word (two neutrally connotated words) for "debt" for respondents in Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands (in Australia, the UK and the US).
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
6 countries
Sample size: planned number of observations
1500 (1000) individuals per country in Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden (Australia, the UK and the US)
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
750 (500) individuals per country per treatment in Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden (Australia, the UK and the US)
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Ethics Commission, Department of Economics, University of Munich
IRB Approval Date
2021-06-09
IRB Approval Number
2021-13
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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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Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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