The Big Carrot: High Stake Incentives Revisited

This paper provides an empirical demonstration of high stakes incentives in relation to religious practice. It shows that, when both positive (carrot) and negative (stick) incentives are available, the former are more effective than the latter. Specifically, it is shown that beliefs in heaven are much more relevant than beliefs in hell when estimating the production of religious commodities (church-attendance and praying equations).

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Year of publication:	2008-01-15
Authors:	Brañas-Garza, Pablo ; García-Muñoz, Teresa ; Neuman, Shoshana
Institutions:	Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
Subject:	carrot/stick \| high stakes \| rewards \| punishment \| Economics of Religion

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Papers on Economics of Religion.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 08/01 15 pages
Classification:	C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; D64 - Altruism ; Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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