Can Corruption be Studied in the Lab? Comparing a Field and a Lab Experiment

Can Corruption Be Studied in the Lab? Comparing a Field and a Lab Experiment

This paper makes an attempt at testing the external validity of corruption experiments by moving from the lab in a developed country, to where it matters the most, the …eld in a developing country. In our experiment a candidate proposes a bribe to a grader in order to obtain a better grade. We …nd the direction and the magnitude of most treatment e¤ects to be statistically indistinguishable bet...

Preference Heterogeneity in Experiments: Comparing the Field and Lab

Economists recognize that preferences can differ across individuals. We examine the strengths and weaknesses of lab and field experiments to detect differences in preferences that are associated with standard, observable characteristics of the individual. We consider preferences over risk and time, two fundamental concepts of economics. Our results provide striking evidence that there are good ...

Anti-corruption policies: Lessons from the lab

Lung cancer detection by canine scent: will there be a lab in the lab?

Information, Networks and Informal Insurance: Evidence from a Lab Experiment in the Field

When communities engage in risk-sharing with asymmetric information, wherein a member of a risk-sharing group is unable to verify the income and shocks experienced by the others, they are unable to achieve full smoothing of income risk (Thomas and Worrall 1990). The frictions that drive the possible negative impacts of hidden income are likely to be mediated by the relationships among a risk-sh...