Search Results - "Metcalfe, Robert"

The behavioralist as tax collector: Using natural field experiments to enhance tax compliance by Hallsworth, Michael, List, John A., Metcalfe, Robert D., Vlaev, Ivo

“…This paper presents results from two large-scale natural field experiments that tested the effect of social norm messages on tax compliance. Using…”
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Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Energy Subsidies by Hahn, Robert W., Metcalfe, Robert D.

“…Economic theory suggests that energy subsidies can lead to excessive consumption and environmental degradation. However, the precise impact of energy subsidies…”
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Estimation of Continuous Streamflow in Ontario Ungauged Basins: Comparison of Regionalization Methods by Samuel, Jos, Coulibaly, Paulin, Metcalfe, Robert A

“…Regionalization, a process of transferring hydrological information [i.e., parameters of a conceptual rainfall-runoff model, namely, the McMaster…”
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Testing for crowd out in social nudges: Evidence from a natural field experiment in the market for electricity by Brandon, Alec, List, John A., Metcalfe, Robert D., Price, Michael K., Rundhammer, Florian

“…This study considers the response of household electricity consumption to social nudges during peak load events. Our investigation considers two social nudges…”
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Destruction and Distress: Using a Quasi-Experiment to Show the Effects of the September 11 Attacks on Mental Well-Being in the United Kingdom by Metcalfe, Robert, Powdthavee, Nattavudh, Dolan, Paul

“…Using a longitudinal household panel dataset in the UK, where a significant proportion of the interviews are conducted in September each year, we are able to…”
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Students' effort and educational achievement: Using the timing of the World Cup to vary the value of leisure by Metcalfe, Robert, Burgess, Simon, Proud, Steven

“…We study the effect of a sharp, exogenous, and repeated change in the value of leisure on educational achievement, arising from the overlap of major…”
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The relationship between innovation and subjective wellbeing by Dolan, Paul, Metcalfe, Robert

“…► Innovation is related to subjective wellbeing (SWB). ► We show this using a representative survey of the British population and new primary data. ► We use…”
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Fatalism, beliefs, and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic by Akesson, Jesper, Ashworth-Hayes, Sam, Hahn, Robert, Metcalfe, Robert, Rasooly, Itzhak

“…Little is known about how people’s beliefs concerning the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) influence their behavior. To shed light on this, we conduct an…”
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Assessing the impact of distributed snow water equivalent calibration and assimilation of Copernicus snow water equivalent on modelled snow and streamflow performance by Beaton, Andy D., Han, Ming, Tolson, Bryan A., Buttle, James M., Metcalfe, Robert A.

“…Accuracy of the Copernicus snow water equivalent (SWE) product and the impact of SWE calibration and assimilation on modelled SWE and streamflow was evaluated…”
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Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data by Dolan, Paul, Kavetsos, Georgios, Krekel, Christian, Mavridis, Dimitris, Metcalfe, Robert, Senik, Claudia, Szymanski, Stefan, Ziebarth, Nicolas R.

“…Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi-experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London…”
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Subjective wellbeing: why weather matters by Feddersen, John, Metcalfe, Robert, Wooden, Mark

“…The paper reports results from the first ever study of the effect of short-term weather and long-term climate on self-reported life satisfaction that uses…”
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Nudging Timely Wage Reporting: Field Experimental Evidence from the U.S. Supplemental Security Income Program by Zhang, C. Yiwei, Hemmeter, Jeffrey, Kessler, Judd B., Metcalfe, Robert D., Weathers, Robert

“…We study a large-scale ( n = 50,000) natural field experiment implemented by the U.S. Social Security Administration aimed at increasing the timely and…”
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Can priming cooperation increase public good contributions? by Drouvelis, Michalis, Metcalfe, Robert, Powdthavee, Nattavudh

“…We investigate the effect of priming on pro-social behaviour in a setting where there is a clear financial incentive to free ride. By activating the concept of…”
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Investigating snowpack across scale in the northern Great Lakes–St. Lawrence forest region of Central Ontario, Canada by Beaton, Andy D., Metcalfe, Robert A., Buttle, James M., Franklin, Steven E.

“…Scaling issues in snow hydrology persist due to limitations in instrumentation and inability to measure physical properties and processes at spatiotemporal…”
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Development of an inexpensive automated streamflow monitoring system by LeGrand, Matthew C. L., Luce, James J., Metcalfe, Robert A., Buttle, James M.

“…Estimating streamflow is time and labour intensive due to the necessity of developing a rating curve. The development of a rating curve involves acquiring…”
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Evaluation of future flow variability in ungauged basins: Validation of combined methods by Samuel, Jos, Coulibaly, Paulin, Metcalfe, Robert A.

“…Predicting future flow variability and changes in ungauged basins remains a challenging task not only because of data limitation, but also the various sources…”
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Social redistribution of pain and money by Story, Giles W., Vlaev, Ivo, Metcalfe, Robert D., Crockett, Molly J., Kurth-Nelson, Zeb, Darzi, Ara, Dolan, Raymond J.

“…People show empathic responses to others’ pain, yet how they choose to apportion pain between themselves and others is not well understood. To address this…”
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Priority research areas for ecosystem services in a changing world by Nicholson, Emily, Mace, Georgina M, Armsworth, Paul R, Atkinson, Giles, Buckle, Simon, Clements, Tom, Ewers, Robert M, Fa, John E, Gardner, Toby A, Gibbons, James, Grenyer, Richard, Metcalfe, Robert, Mourato, Susana, Muûls, Mirabelle, Osborn, Dan, Reuman, Daniel C, Watson, Charlene, Milner-Gulland, E.J

“…1. Ecosystem services are the benefits humans obtain from ecosystems. The importance of research into ecosystem services has been widely recognized, and rapid…”
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Assessing the effects of dams and waterpower facilities on riverine dissolved organic matter composition by Nadon, Mallory J, Metcalfe, Robert A, Williams, Clayton J, Somers, Keith M, Xenopoulos, Marguerite A

“…An extensive study was performed in boreal rivers across northern Ontario Canada, to examine the responses of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in rivers altered…”
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Field experiments in the developed world: an introduction by List, John A., Metcalfe, Robert

“…Field experiments represent a relatively new area in economics to understand the causal links from one variable to another. They have been used by academics to…”
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