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Trial Status
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Before
in_development
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After
withdrawn
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Last Published
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Before
October 15, 2021 06:05 PM
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After
October 18, 2021 10:15 AM
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Primary Outcomes (Explanation)
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Before
In the survey, we have questions asking subjects whether they are in favor of sin taxes or not. The same type of question is asked after the information treatment, i.e. after we supply some specific information about the rationale behind sin taxes. By comparing asnwers before and after the information treatments we should be able to say whether a better understanding of the rationale of sin taxes affects public support.
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After
In the survey, we have questions asking subjects whether they are in favor of sin taxes or
not. The same type of question is asked after the information treatment, i.e. after we supply
some specific information about the rationale behind sin taxes. By comparing asnwers before
and after the information treatments we should be able to say whether a better understanding
of the rationale of sin taxes affects public support.
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Experimental Design (Public)
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Before
The design includes 4 information treatments and one control treatment.
We will compare answers before and after the information treatments to see if by knowing more and by understanding more about the scope and working of sin taxes subjects become more willing to support them.
We should also be able to see which information changes the subjects attitude the most, i.e. whether they are more sensitive to efficiency issues, the the distributional effects of taxes, or to using taxes as a commitment device to consume less.
We plan on using a between subjects design, where we compare each information treatment with the control treatment.
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After
The design includes 4 information treatments and one control treatment.
We will compare answers before and after the information treatments to see if by knowing
more and by understanding more about the scope and working of sin taxes subjects become
more willing to support them.
We should also be able to see which information changes the subjects attitude the most, i.e.
whether they are more sensitive to efficiency issues, the the distributional effects of taxes, or
to using taxes as a commitment device to consume less.
We plan on using a between subjects design, where we compare each information treatment
with the control treatment.
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Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
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Before
100 observations for each of 5 treatments. We want to run the survey on two different countries. We plan to collect 500 observations per country.
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After
100 observations for each of 5 treatments. We want to run the survey on two different
countries. We plan to collect 500 observations per country.
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