examine the sensitivity of this result to the ability of people to observe others' choices. Our experiments are set in a …

We study manager-employee interactions in experiments set in a corporate environment where payoffs depend on employees …

patterns of behavior. Using controlled laboratory experiments, we study how financial incentives can be used to find a way out … of such performance traps. Our experiments are set in a corporate environment where subjects' payoffs depend on …

theoretical model a dominant and a dominated region first interact through a voting process that can lead to different degrees of …-perfect equilibrium the voting process always leads to an intermediate arrangement acceptable for both parts. Hence, the costly political … struggle never occurs. In contrast, in our experiments we observe a large amount of fighting involving high material losses …

with those from public goods experiments where punishment enhances efficiency and leads to higher material payoffs. …