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Call me if you can : an experimental investigation of information sharing in knowledge networks
Helbach, Christoph; Keldenich, Klemens; Rothgang, Michael; … - 2012
experiment to analyze how information is distributed in four different network structures. Networks are modeled as five … communication possibilities. -- Network ; communication ; laboratory experiment ; information flow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580167
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Bad boys : how criminal identity salience affects rule violation
Cohn, Alain; Maréchal, Michel André; Noll, Thomas - 2015 - Revised version, May 2015
We conducted an experiment with 182 inmates from a maximum security prison to analyze the impact of criminal identity …. This effect is specific to individuals who have a criminal identity, because an additional placebo experiment shows that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519191
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Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring : biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Baert, Stijn - 2015
Correspondence studies are nowadays viewed as the most compelling avenue to test for hiring discrimination. However, these studies suffer from one fundamental methodological problem, as formulated by Heckman and Siegelman (The Urban Institute audit studies: Their methods and findings. In M. Fix,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011312754
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Punishment as a price to pay
Siang, Ch’ng Kean - In: Contemporary economics 6 (2012) 1, pp. 86-97
Management meted out punishment to enforce rules and encourage adherence. However, the effectiveness depended on how the employees perceive and interpret the policy. Therefore, it was uncertain how to best achieve the target. The paper tested employees’ behavioral responses in two conditions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767627
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Fair wages and effort provision : combining evidence from the lab and the field
Cohn, Alain; Fehr, Ernst; Götte, Lorenz - 2013
fairness perceptions and social preferences in workers' performance in a field experiment in which workers were hired for a one … that only workers who display positive reciprocity in a lab experiment show reciprocal performance responses in the field … interpret previous contradictory findings in the literature. -- Fairness Perception ; Positive Reciprocity ; Field Experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747325
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Parental socialisation effort and the intergenerational transmission of risk preferences
Alan, Sule; Baydar, Nazli; Boneva, Teodora; Crossley, … - 2013
We study the transmission of risk attititudes in a unique survey of mothers and children in which both participated in an incentivised risk preference elicitation task. We document that risk preferences are correlated between mothers and children when the children are just 7 to 8 years old. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009752192
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Does money burn fat? : evidence from a randomized experiment
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2012
that financial incentives can motivate people to lose weight significantly. -- Randomized experiment ; financial incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009669779
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The impact of financial education on adolescents' intertemporal choices
Lührmann, Melanie; Serra-Garcia, Marta; Winter, Joachim - 2014
an incentivized experiment. While intertemporal choices in the control group exhibit significant present bias, choices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010382723
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The impact of military work experience on later hiring chances in the civilian labour market : evidence from a field experiment
Baert, Stijn; Balcaen, Pieter - 2013
jobs on the subsequent chances of being hired in the civilian labour market. It does so through a field experiment in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010126844
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Heterogeneous causal effects of financial incentives on weight loss : results of a large prospective randomized trial
Reuss-Borst, Monika; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R. - 2012
induce weight loss. -- Randomized experiment ; financial incentives for weight loss ; obesity ; subgroups ; effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009670960