Arbeitspapier
A random shock is not random assignment
A random shock excludes reverse causality and reduces omitted variable bias. Yet a natural experiment does not identify random exposure to treatment, but the reaction to a random change from baseline to treatment. A lab experiment comparing higher certainty with higher severity of punishment for stealing (holding the expected value of the intervention constant) shows that the difference between the effects of a random shock and random assignment can be pronounced.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods ; No. 2016/9
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Econometrics
Hypothesis Testing: General
Design of Experiments: General
Criminal Law
- Subject
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identification
random exposure
random shock
natural experiment
certainty and severity of punishment
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Engel, Christoph
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2016
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Engel, Christoph
- Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Time of origin
- 2016
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