To study if increasing punishments (e.g., wage cuts or prison sentences if caught being corrupt) will reduce the bribes taken by public officials, what are the experimental treatments one can design to find a causal effect? Please select all that apply and explain why each statement is or is not correct. a. Treatment 1: Low punishment; Treatment 2: High Punishment; Baseline: Fixed wages paid to public officials. b. Treatment 1: Low probability of monitoring; Treatment 3: High probability of monitoring; Baseline: No monitoring. c. Treatment 1: Low wages to public officials that vary with performance; Treatment 2: High wages to public officials that vary with their performance; Baseline: Fixed wages paid to public officials. d. Treatment 1: Low punishment; Treatment 2: High Punishment; Baseline: No punishment.
To study if increasing punishments (e.g., wage cuts or prison sentences if caught being corrupt) will reduce the bribes taken by public officials, what are the experimental treatments one can design to find a causal effect? Please select all that apply and explain why each statement is or is not correct.
a. Treatment 1: Low punishment; Treatment 2: High Punishment; Baseline: Fixed wages paid to public officials.
b. Treatment 1: Low
c. Treatment 1: Low wages to public officials that vary with performance; Treatment 2: High wages to public officials that vary with their performance; Baseline: Fixed wages paid to public officials.
d. Treatment 1: Low punishment; Treatment 2: High Punishment; Baseline: No punishment.
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