Field | Before | After |
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Field Trial Status | Before in_development | After completed |
Field Trial End Date | Before June 01, 2022 | After June 08, 2022 |
Field Last Published | Before March 28, 2022 07:13 AM | After May 05, 2023 09:40 AM |
Field Study Withdrawn | Before | After No |
Field Intervention Completion Date | Before | After June 08, 2022 |
Field Data Collection Complete | Before | After Yes |
Field Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) | Before | After 126 |
Field Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations | Before | After 126 |
Field Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms | Before | After 66 control, 60 treatment |
Field Data Collection Completion Date | Before | After June 08, 2022 |
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Field Paper Abstract | Before | After In many public policy areas, randomized policy experiments can greatly contribute to our knowledge of the effects of policies and can thus help to improve public policy. However, policy experiments are not very common. This paper studies whether a lack of appreciation of policy experiments among voters may be the reason for this. Using unique survey data representative of the Dutch electorate, we find clear evidence contradicting this view. Voters strongly support policy experimentation and, in line with theory, particularly so when they do not hold a strong opinion about the policy. In a subsequent survey experiment among Dutch politicians, we find that politicians conform their expressed opinion about policy experiments to what we tell them the actual opinion of voters is. We conclude that voters are not afraid of policy experiments and neither are politicians when we tell them that voters are not. |
Field Paper Citation | Before | After Dur, Robert, Arjan Non, Paul Prottung, and Benedetta Ricci. 2023. “Who's Afraid of Policy Experiments?.” OSF Preprints. May 5. osf.io/yshkt. |
Field Paper URL | Before | After https://osf.io/yshkt |