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Charles Sprenger

  • Assistant Professor
  • Stanford University

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Charles Sprenger is an Assistant Professor at Stanford University. His main research interests are Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Consumer Finance and he is currently researching experimental tests of risk and time preferences and their predictive validity  

Projects

Preference parameters and public sector contracts: A field study with polio vaccinators in Pakistan

Michael Callen, Muhammad Yasir Khan, Karrar Hussain, Charles Sprenger 30 Apr 2022
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Using preference parameter estimates to optimise public sector wage contracts: A field study in Pakistan

James Andreoni, Charles Sprenger, Michael Callen, Karrar Hussain, Muhammad Yasir Khan 31 Aug 2014
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Using preference estimates to customize incentives: An application to polio vaccination drives in Pakistan

James Andreoni, Michael Callen, Karrar Hussain, Muhammad Yasir Khan, Charles Sprenger Journal of the European Economic Association 21 4
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Using preference parameter estimates to optimise public sector wage contracts: A field study in Pakistan

Michael Callen, Karrar Hussain, Muhammad Yasir Khan, Charles Sprenger
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