There's a careful study of the Mariel boatlift, for example, which was a kind of natural experiment where a large number of Cuban immigrants were, if you will, dumped on the shores of Southern Florida all of a sudden in effort to try to find in the years after whether there was any negative effect on workers and black workers of this unexpected influx.
Some ways of setting the experiment up do reduce the number of preference reversals, but the basic finding seems to hold.
But although Thursday is official polling day, a number of authorities opened polling stations early as part of an experiment aimed at encouraging more people to use their votes.
"It's a very interesting experiment capturing a number of attributes, " Sicher said, likening it to Starbucks' Refreshers drinks, which promise "natural energy" from green coffee extract.
Despite the slow start for active ETFs, a number of large fund houses have leapt in, viewing them as an experiment that may pay off.
Corrine Moss-Racusin and her fellow researchers conducted an experiment in which they gave student applications to science professors at a number of universities to evaluate for a lab manager position.
Registries like .asia and .nu, which each control tens of thousands of Web sites, say they are willing to experiment with the new process, which could help cut their costs by reducing the number of fraudsters who register domain names without paying for them.
His extensive wine list came with an impressive number of half-bottles. (I wish more restaurants would do the same, enabling diners to experiment with different wines.) Following his sage advice, we tried the 2009 Pride Mountain Viognier, followed by the 2010 Hirsch Vineyards San Andreas Pinot Noir.
But a number of countries in Europe and the Commonwealth, as well as some American states, would like the freedom to experiment with other approaches.
Their best-known experiment involved asking viewers to watch a brief video of people passing basketballs and to count the total number of times the players wearing white passed the ball.
Without a doubt, there is a grand experiment in economic policy taking shape across the country that could lead to a significant increase in the number of low to no-income tax states.
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