On the advantages and disadvantages of subjective measures
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Keywords
Subjective measures; Perceptions; Corruption; Happiness; Biases; Experiments;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
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