Citizens’ Response to Government Corruption: Experimental Evidence from Australia, Singapore, and the United States

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Fiona Yap
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Government Corruption

Nudging Timely Wage Reporting: Field Experimental Evidence from the United States Social Supplementary Income Program

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Yiwei Zhang ◽  
Jeffrey Hemmeter ◽  
Judd B. Kessler ◽  
Robert D. Metcalfe ◽  
Robert Weathers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
The United States

Moral reasoning and anti-immigrant bias: Experimental evidence from university students in Germany and the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 101627
Author(s):  
William J. Wilhelm ◽  
Peter Weber ◽  
Kacey Douglas ◽  
Markus Siepermann ◽  
Ayman Abuhamdieh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
University Students ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
The United States

The Hidden Impacts of Phosphorus Pollution to Streams and Rivers

BioScience ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A Mallin ◽  
Lawrence B Cahoon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Algal Bloom ◽  
Harmful Algal Bloom ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Phosphorus Pollution ◽  
Resource Managers

Abstract Phosphorus (P) enrichment to streams, lakes, and estuaries is increasing throughout the United States. P loading is typically viewed from a harmful algal bloom perspective; if added P causes excess growths of phytoplankton or macroalgae, it may become targeted for control. However, P loading also contributes to two other non–algae-based aquatic problems. Field and experimental evidence shows that P loading directly stimulates growth of aquatic bacteria, which can increase to concentrations that exert a significant biochemical oxygen demand on water bodies, contributing to hypoxia, a widespread impairment. Experimental evidence also demonstrates that fecal bacterial growth can be significantly stimulated by P loading, increasing health risks through exposure or the consumption of contaminated shellfish and causing economic losses from beach and shellfish area closures. Resource managers need to look beyond algal bloom stimulation and should consider the broader roles that excess P loading can have on ecosystem function and microbiological safety for humans.

scholarly journals WHEN DO CITIZENS TAKE COSTLY ACTION AGAINST GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION? EVIDENCE FROM EXPERIMENTS IN AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE, AND THE UNITED STATES

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Fiona Yap
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Threshold Model ◽  
The United States ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Government Corruption ◽  
Survey Experiments ◽  
Stag Hunt Game

AbstractWhen do citizens take costly collective action against government corruption? When citizens act in concert, their demands are credible and not easily discounted by governments, which should be more likely to respond. In this study, we use the stag-hunt game, supplemented by Granovetter's threshold model of collective action, to investigate the conditions under which citizens coordinate to collectively act against government corruption. We use survey experiments in laboratory settings in Australia, Singapore, and the United States. The results show several conditions motivate participants to pursue collective action; using the wellspring of the theoretical argument, they clarify that information that others pursue collective action, together with clear mutual benefits as measured by rewards, are primary motivators of the individual's choice. Correspondingly, other considerations, including initial costs or final potential penalties, do not bear on the individual's choice. The findings have implications not only for the empirical literature on policy but also for policy debates on how to control it.

scholarly journals Against the Flow: Differentiating Between Public Opposition to the Immigration Stock and Flow

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Yotam Margalit ◽  
Omer Solodoch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Moral Obligation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Voter Preferences ◽  
The Future ◽  
Resident Aliens ◽  
Stock Flow ◽  
Citizens Attitudes ◽  
Public Opposition

Abstract Vast research on immigration lumps together native citizens' attitudes toward two different groups: the immigrant stock of non-naturalized resident aliens, and the immigrant flow, that is, the future arrival of foreigners seeking to enter and live in the country. Does popular opposition to immigration distinguish between the two, and if so, how? This article analyzes theoretically the reasons the stock and flow might induce different views among natives, and presents experimental evidence from the United States showing that natives are systematically more accepting of the former. The analysis indicates that this ‘stock premium’ partly stems from a sense of moral obligation toward people residing in the country. Replicating two widely cited experiments, the study shows that the stock–flow distinction has important implications for the interpretation of earlier findings on immigration attitudes, and for understanding voter preferences regarding policies designed to curtail immigration.

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