Self-Persuasion: Evidence from Field Experiments at International Debating Competitions
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- Schwardmann, Peter & Tripodi, Egon & van der Weele, Joël J., 2021. "Self-Persuasion: Evidence from Field Experiments at International Debating Competitions," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 306, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
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JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
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