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We investigate the influence of ethical feedback on decision-makers' behavior, focusing on the role of emotions in … mediating this relationship. We examine how emotions generated by ethical feedback impact subsequent decisions in a laboratory … mediated by emotions. This research is pioneering in linking emotions to ethical decisions in a controlled environment. The …
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Punishing the free-riders of a team can promote group efficiency but is costly for the punisher. For this reason, economists see punishment as a second-order public good. We show in an experiment that subjects do not value punishment for its deterrence but instead for the satisfaction of...
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efficiency, while incidental emotions can impair it. Signals in specific brain areas can be a trigger precipitating a bubble …
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efficiency, while incidental emotions can impair it. Signals in specific brain areas can be a trigger precipitating a bubble …
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performance - in particular, tournament incentives - induce more stress than schemes that are independent of performance - fixed … self-reported feelings of stress and primary appraisals. We find that tournament incentives induce a stress response … incentives schemes is not a relevant criterion for sorting decisions in our experiment. Finally, we find that cortisol levels are …
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controlling parties, while a large percentage of subordinates under-provide effort despite pecuniary incentives to the contrary …
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controlling parties, while a large percentage of subordinates under-provide effort despite pecuniary incentives to the contrary …
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In this article we study the determinants of decision rights transfer and its effects on the motivation of an agent. The study is based on a laboratory experiment conducted on 130 subjects playing an innovative principal-agent game. Interestingly, the results show that agents do not favour a...
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provide eort despite pecuniary incentives to the contrary. Thus, authority has important motivational consequences that …
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alters her best-response function and, as a result, removes other agents’ incentives to exert effort as their contributions …
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