Frontiers, Territorial Sovereignty, and National Identity

Last registered on April 22, 2022
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Frontiers, Territorial Sovereignty, and National Identity
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0009232
Initial registration date
April 15, 2022

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
April 20, 2022, 4:46 PM EDT

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

Last updated
April 22, 2022, 9:07 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Colombia
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Diego Ramos-Toro
Affiliation
Dartmouth College
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Juan Pedro Ronconi
PI Affiliation
Brown University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2022-04-18
End date
2023-03-31
Keywords
Behavior, Electoral, Governance
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
We describe the analysis plan for an online intervention designed to examine how inducing participants to think about the historical nature of frontiers in Latin America may exacerbate or placate the effects of a ruling by an international court about a territorial dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia. The study will be conducted online with Colombian adults. We outline the study design, the treatments, the main heterogeneous treatment effects that we will examine, and the econometric strategies for the analysis.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Ramos-Toro, Diego and Juan Pedro Ronconi. 2022. "Frontiers, Territorial Sovereignty, and National Identity." AEA RCT Registry. April 22. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.9232-1.1
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Half of our participants will read a text and see historical maps that discuss/illustrate how national frontiers have changed historically and have been subject to legitimate disputes between nations.
Intervention Start Date
2022-04-18
Intervention End Date
2022-07-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The key outcome variables are answers to questions about national affiliation, political attitudes, and attitudes toward different outgroups.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We will randomly expose half of the participants to a treatment that highlights the fact that frontiers in Latin America are a historical construct that has been strongly disputed.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
We will implement the randomization using Qualtrics.
Randomization Unit
The randomization unit will be the individual.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
1300
Sample size: planned number of observations
1300
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
650
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects at Dartmouth
IRB Approval Date
2022-04-14
IRB Approval Number
STUDY00032505
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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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