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Peer information and risk-taking under competitive and non-competitive pay schemes
Brookins, Philip; Brown, Jennifer; Ryvkin, Dmitry - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528614
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Peer Information and Risk-Taking Under Competitive and Non-Competitive Pay Schemes
Brookins, Philip; Brown, Jennifer; Ryvkin, Dmitry - 2021
risk-inducing. Using a novel, real-effort task experiment in the laboratory, we find that the relationship between … incentives and risk-taking is more nuanced and depends critically on the availability of information about peers’ strategies and … outcomes. Indeed, we find that when no peer information is available, relative rewards schemes are associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224108
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Team incentives, social cohesion, and performance: a natural field experiment
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J.; Onemu, Okemena Abraham - 2020
We conduct a field experiment in a Dutch retail chain of 122 stores to study the interaction between team incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253632
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To Pay or Not to Pay : Measuring Risk Preferences in Lab and Field
Brañas-Garza, Pablo - 2020
Measuring risk preferences in the field is critical for policy, however, it can be costly. For instance, the commonly used measure of Holt and Laury (2002) relies on a dozen lottery choices and payments which makes it time-consuming and costly. We propose a short version of the Holt and Laury...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823766
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The sociology of groups and the economics of incentives : theory and evidence on compensation systems
Encinosa, William E. (contributor);  … - 2005
When working together, people engage in non-contractual and informal interactions that constitute the sociology of the group. We use behavioral models and a unique survey of medical groups to analyze how group sociology influences physician incentive pay and behavior. We conclude that informal...
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Pay harmony : peer comparison and executive compensation
Gartenberg, Claudine; Wulf, Julie - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009678182
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Peer Group Ties and Executive Compensation Networks
Pittinsky, Matthew - 2012
Publicly traded firms in the U.S. typically determine C.E.O. compensation by benchmarking the pay of their C.E.O.s against the pay of C.E.O.s in “peer” firms. The naming of particular peer companies by individual firms constitutes a supra-firm relational structure (network) in which an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108899
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Pay Harmony : Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation
Gartenberg, Claudine Madras - 2013
increased wage comparisons within firms with geographically-dispersed managers — firms with the greatest information frictions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082812
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Shareholder Governance and CEO Compensation : The Peer Effects of Say on Pay
Denis, Diane K. - 2019
We document that firms whose compensation peers experience weak say on pay votes reduce CEO compensation following those votes. Reductions reflect proxy adviser concerns about peers' compensation contracts and are stronger when CEOs receive excess compensation, when they compete more closely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012902356
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The Sociology of Groups and the Economics of Incentives : Theory and Evidence on Compensation Systems
Encinosa, William E.; Gaynor, Martin; Rebitzer, James B. - 2021
This paper incorporates the sociological concept of group norms' into an economic analysis of pay systems. We use a behavioral microeconomic model and a unique survey of medical groups to examine the theoretical and empirical relationship between group norms and incentive pay. Our findings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234345