Some experimental sessions at the ASSA meetings...

Jan 03, 2016 10:15 am, Hilton Union Square, Continental – Parlor 1 
American Economic Association

Tax Experiments (H2, C9)

Presiding: ERZO F.P. LUTTMER (Dartmouth College)

Shaming Tax Delinquents

RICARDO PEREZ-TRUGLIA (Microsoft Research)

UGO TROIANO (University of Michigan)

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Demand for Redistribution in Large and Small Groups

JOHANNA MOLLERSTROM (George Mason University)

DMITRY TAUBINSKY (Harvard University)

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Heuristic Perceptions of the Income Tax: Evidence and Implications

ALEXANDER ROBERT REES-JONES (University of Pennsylvania)

DMITRY TAUBINSKY (Harvard University)

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Raising the Stakes: Experimental Evidence on the Endogeneity of Taxpayer Mistakes

TATIANA HOMONOFF (Cornell University)

JACOB GOLDIN (Princeton University)

NAOMI FELDMAN (Federal Reserve Board)

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Discussants:

STEFANIE STANTCHEVA (Harvard University)

DAVID SEIM (University of Toronto)

JUDD KESSLER (University of Pennsylvania)

UGO TROIANO (University of Michigan)

Jan 03, 2016 10:15 am, Marriott Marquis, Sierra B 
Economic Science Association

Economics Experiments on Networks (C9, D3)

Presiding: GARY CHARNESS (University of California-Santa Barbara)

Trading in Networks

SYNGJOO CHOI (University College London)

ANDREA GALEOTTI (University of Essex)

SANJEEV GOYAL (University of Cambridge)

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Communication and (Non)-Equilibrium Selection

GARY CHARNESS (University of California-Santa Barbara)

FRANCESCO FERI (University of London-Royal Holloway)

MIGUEL MELENDEZ (University of Malaga)

MATTHIAS SUTTER (University of Innsbruck)

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Strategic Communication and Learning in Networks

ABHIJIT BANERJEE (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

EMILY BREZA (Columbia University)

ARUN CHANDRASEKHAR (Stanford University)

ESTHER DUFLO (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

MATTHEW O. JACKSON (Stanford University)

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Competition for Status Creates Superstars: An Experiment on Public Good Provision and Network Formation

THEO OFFERMAN (University of Amsterdam)

ARTHUR SCHRAM (University of Amsterdam)

BORIS VAN LEEUWEN (Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse )

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Jan 03, 2016 2:30 pm, Hilton Union Square, Yosemite B 
American Economic Association

Evidence from Lab and Field Experiments on Discrimination (J7, J2)

Presiding: PATRICK BUTTON (Tulane University and NBER)

Is it Harder for Older Workers to Find Jobs? New and Improved Evidence from a Field Experiment

DAVID NEUMARK (University of California-Irvine, NBER, and IZA)

IAN BURN (University of California-Irvine)

PATRICK BUTTON (Tulane University and NBER)

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Discrimination at the Intersection of Age, Race, and Gender: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment

JOANNA LAHEY (Texas A&M University and NBER)

DOUGLAS OXLEY (University of Wyoming)

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Do Employers Consider Unemployment Duration, Low-Quality Interim Employment, and Age in Hiring? Evidence from an Audit Study

HENRY FARBER (Princeton University)

DANIEL SILVERMAN (Arizona State University)

TILL VON WACHTER (University of California-Los Angeles)

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Exploring Both the Supply and Demand Sides of Discrimination

JOHN LIST (University of Chicago)

ANTHONY HEYES (University of Ottawa)

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Discussants:

MATHEW J. NOTOWIDIGDO (Northwestern University and NBER)

CHRISTIAN MANGER (University of Tuebingen)

CATHERINE ECKEL (Texas A&M University)

Jan 03, 2016 2:30 pm, Hilton Union Square, Union Square 16 
Econometric Society

Bureaucrats and Politicians: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Studies (A1)

Presiding: JOHANNA RICKNE (Research Institute for Industrial Economics)

Who Becomes a Politician?

OLLE FOLKE (Columbia University)

JOHANNA RICKNE (Research Institute for Industrial Economics)

ERNESTO DAL BO (University of California, Berkeley)

FREDERICO FINAN (University of California, Berkeley)

TORSTEN PERSSON (Stockholm University)

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The Determinants and Consequences of Bureaucratic Effectiveness: Evidence from the Indian Administrative Service

MARIANNE BERTRAND (University of Chicago)

ROBIN BURGESS (London School of Economics)

ARUNISH CHAWLA (Department of Economics)

GUO XU (London School of Economics)

Personalities and Public Sector Performance: Evidence from a Health Experiment in Pakistan

MICHAEL CALLEN (Harvard University)

SAAD GULZAR (New York University)

ALI HASANAIN (Lahore University of Management Sciences)

YASIR KHAN (International Growth Center)

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Efficiency Wages in the Public Sector? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

NAVA ASHRAF (Harvard Business School)

ORIANA BANDIERA (LSE)

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Jan 04, 2016 8:00 am, Hilton Union Square, Continental Ballroom 4 
American Economic Association

Gender at Work: Evidence from Experimental Economics (C9, J7)

Presiding: CATHERINE ECKEL (Texas A&M University)

Knowing When to Ask: The Cost of Leaning In

CHRISTINE EXLEY (Stanford University)

MURIEL NIEDERLE (Stanford University)

LISE VESTERLUND (University of Pittsburgh)

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A University-Wide Field Experiment on Gender Differences in Job Entry Decisions

ANYA SAMEK (University of Southern California)

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Born to Lead? Gender Differences in Incentive Provision and Its Evaluation

ALEXANDRA VAN GEEN (Erasmus University)

OLGA SHURCHKOV (Wellesley College)

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Gender Differences in Negotiation by Communication Method

ADAM GREENBERG (University of California-San Diego)

RAGAN PETRIE (George Mason University)

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Stress and the gender difference in willingness to compete

THOMAS BUSER (University of Amsterdam)

ANNA DREBER ALMENBERG (Stockholm School of Economics)

JOHANNA MOLLERSTROM (George Mason University)

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Discussants:

CHRISTINE EXLEY (Stanford University)

ANAT BRACHA (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)

KATHERINE COFFMAN (Ohio State University)

ALEXANDRA VAN GEEN (Erasmus University)

Jan 04, 2016 8:00 am, Marriott Marquis, Sierra B 
Economic Science Association

Experiments on Bargaining: The Role of Risk, Deadlines and Reference Points (C7, C9)

Presiding: KYLE HYNDMAN (Naveen Jindal School of Management and University of Texas-Dallas)

Is Earned Bargaining Power More Fully Exploited?

NICHOLAS FELTOVICH (Monash University)

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Bargaining Under Time Pressure

EMIN KARAGÖZOĞLU (Bilkent University)

MARTIN GEORG KOCHER (University of Munich)

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Dynamic Unstructured Bargaining with Private Information and Deadlines: Theory and Experiment

COLIN F. CAMERER (California Institute of Technology)

GIDEON NAVE (California Institute of Technology)

ALEC SMITH (University of Arizona and Compass Lexecon)

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Reference Points, Reputation and Strategies in a Dynamic Bargaining Environment with a Residual Claimant

MATTHEW EMBREY (University of Sussex)

KYLE HYNDMAN (University of Texas-Dallas)

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Discussants:

ALISTAIR WILSON (University of Pittsburgh)

MATTHEW EMBREY (University of Sussex)

CHLOE TERGIMAN (Pennsylvania State University)

TIMOTHY SALMON (Southern Methodist University)

Jan 04, 2016 10:15 am, Hilton Union Square, Franciscan C 
American Economic Association

Reproducibility of Social Science Experiments: Some Innovative Evidence(C9, C8)

Presiding: COLIN F. CAMERER (California Institute of Technology)

Do Economics Lab Experiments in AER and QJE Replicate Predictably?

ESKIL FORSELL (Stockholm School of Economics)

TECK HO (University of California-Berkeley)

JUERGEN HUBER (University of Innsbruck)

MICHAEL KIRCHLER (University of Innsbruck)

ANNA DREBER ALMENBERG (Stockholm School of Economics)

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P-Curve Analysis Shows False Positives are Not Common in Experimental Economics

KLAVDIA ZEMLIANOVA (National University of Singapore)

COLIN F. CAMERER (California Institute of Technology)

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Using Prediction Markets to Estimate the Reproducibility in Science: The Many Labs 2 Replications

ESKIL FORSELL (Stockholm School of Economics)

THOMAS PFEIFFER (NZ Institute Advanced Study)

YILING CHEN (Harvard University)

ANNA DREBER ALMENBERG (Stockholm School of Economics)

MAGNUS JOHANNESSON (Stockholm School of Economics)

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Jan 04, 2016 2:30 pm, Hilton Union Square, Franciscan C 
American Economic Association

Experimental Gender Economics (C9, D8)

Presiding: MURIEL NIEDERLE (Stanford University)

Affirmative Action and Stereotype Threat

ANAT BRACHA (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)

ALMA COHEN (Harvard University)

LYNN CONELL-PRICE (Carnegie Mellon University)

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Risk in the Background: How Men and Women Respond

ALEXANDRA VAN GEEN (Erasmus University)

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After You: Gender and Group Decision-Making

PEDRO BORDALO (Royal Holloway)

KATHERINE COFFMAN (Ohio State University)

NICOLA GENNAIOLI (Bocconi University)

ANDREI SHLEIFER (Harvard University)

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Bursting the Bubble: Gender Differences in Financial Bubbles with Anonymous Traders

CATHERINE ECKEL (Texas A&M University)

SASCHA FÜLLBRUNN (Radboud University)

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Discussants:

JOHANNA MOLLERSTROM (George Mason University)

MARIA RECALDE (International Food Policy Research Institute)

ANYA SAMEK (University of Southern Califiornia)

OLGA SHURCHKOV (Wellesley College)

Jan 04, 2016 2:30 pm, Hilton Union Square, Union Square 22 
American Economic Association

Experimental Impacts of Vocational Education in Low and Middle Income Countries (J1, O1)

Presiding: ADRIANA DEBORA KUGLER (Georgetown University)

The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen

DAVID MCKENZIE (World Bank)

ANA PAULA CUSOLITO (World Bank)

NABILA ASSAF (World Bank)

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Long-Term Direct and Spillover Effects of Job Training: Experimental Evidence from Colombia

ADRIANA DEBORA KUGLER (Georgetown University, NBER, CEPR, and IZA)

MAURICE DAVID KUGLER (IMPAQ)

JUAN SAAVEDRA (University of Southern California)

LUIS OMAR HERRERA (Inter-American Development Bank)

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Vocational Education Voucher Delivery and Labor Market Returns: A Randomized Evaluation Among Kenyan Youth

JOAN HAMMORY HICKS (Center for Effective Global Action)

MICHAEL KREMER (Harvard University)

ISAAC MBITI (University of Virginia)

EDWARD MIGUEL (University of California-Berkeley)

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Returns to Vocational Education in Mongolia

ERICA FIELD (Duke University)

LEIGH LINDEN (University of Texas-Austin)

DANIEL RUBENSON (Ryerson University)

SHING-YI WANG (University of Pennsylvania)

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Discussants:

OFER MALAMUD (University of Chicago)

ERICA FIELD (Duke University)

REBECCA THORNTON (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)

AHMED MUSHFIQ MOBARAK (Yale University)