Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214571 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2015-06
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Zürich
Abstract: 
To explore the effects of daylights saving time (DST) transition on cognitive performance and risk-taking behaviour immediately before and one week after the shift to DST, this study examines two Australian populations living in similar geographic surroundings who experience either no DST transition (Queensland) or a one-hour DST desynchronization (New South Wales). This exogenous variation creates natural control (QLD) and treatment (NSW) groups that enable isolation and identification of the DST transition's effect on the two outcome variables. Proximity to the border ensures similar socio-demographic and socio-economic conditions and thus permits comparison of the cognitive performance and risk-taking behaviour of affected versus unaffected individuals. The results suggest that exposure to the DST transition has no significant impact on either cognitive performance or risk-taking behaviour.
Subjects: 
Daylight Saving Time
Risk-Taking Behaviour
Cognitive Performance
Field Experiment
JEL: 
D81
C93
C21
I1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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