Homework 5
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Task (6 points, maximum 500 words)
Read the paper by Normann (2011) (see the study materials). Answer the following
questions. Please, use your own formulations. Do not copy sentences or formulations from
the paper:
1. What is the aim of the paper?
2. What is the problem with the OSS (1990) model? How do they reply to the critique?
3. Explain carefully the difference between foreclosure in narrow and broad sense.
4. How many and what treatments are used in the experiment? Suppose that the
narrow definition of foreclosure is valid. What results would you expect in these
treatments?
5. Why does the author have different number of sessions with random matching and
fixed matching?
6. Interpret the results in the table 4. Does it fit to a broadly or narrowly defined
foreclosure?