Secure Survey Design in Organizations: Theory and Evidence

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serval:BIB_5579F595C4D3
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
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Publications
Institution
Titre
Secure Survey Design in Organizations: Theory and Evidence
Périodique
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Chassang Sylvain, Zehnder Christian
Statut éditorial
In Press
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Résumé
We study secure survey designs in organizational settings where fear of retaliation makes it hard to elicit the truth. Theory predicts that: (i) randomized-response techniques offer no improvement, because they are strategically equivalent to direct elicitation, (ii) exogenously distorting survey responses (hard-garbling) can improve information transmission, and (iii) the impact of survey design on reporting can be estimated in equilibrium. Laboratory experiments confirm that hard garbling outperforms direct elicitation, but randomized response works better than expected. False accusations slightly, but persistently bias treatment effect estimates. Additional experiments reveal that play converges to equilibrium if learning from others' experience is possible.
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09/02/2024 13:24
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10/02/2024 8:15
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