Studying Information Acquisition in the Field: A Practical Guide and Review
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Studying Information Acquisition in the Field: A Practical Guide and Review. / Capozza, Francesco; Haaland, Ingar; Roth, Christopher; Wohlfart, Johannes.
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T1 - Studying Information Acquisition in the Field: A Practical Guide and Review
AU - Capozza, Francesco
AU - Haaland, Ingar
AU - Roth, Christopher
AU - Wohlfart, Johannes
PY - 2021/10/28
Y1 - 2021/10/28
N2 - We review the emerging literature on information acquisition in field settings. We first document an increase in studies on information acquisition and review relevant studies in different subfields of economics, including macroeconomics, political economy, labor economics, health economics, and finance. We next provide an overview of empirical techniques to measure information acquisition and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different methods. We then discuss how one can design studies to test the predictions of different theories of information acquisition. We conclude by highlighting possible directions for future research.
AB - We review the emerging literature on information acquisition in field settings. We first document an increase in studies on information acquisition and review relevant studies in different subfields of economics, including macroeconomics, political economy, labor economics, health economics, and finance. We next provide an overview of empirical techniques to measure information acquisition and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different methods. We then discuss how one can design studies to test the predictions of different theories of information acquisition. We conclude by highlighting possible directions for future research.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Information acquisition
KW - willingness to pay
KW - click data
KW - experimental design
KW - beliefs
KW - surveys
M3 - Working paper
T3 - CEBI Working Paper Series
BT - Studying Information Acquisition in the Field: A Practical Guide and Review
ER -
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