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We compare performance in a word based creativity task under three incentive schemes: a flat fee, a linear payment and …
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It has been argued that monetary incentives restrain individual creativity and hamper performance in jobs requiring out … of the box thinking. This paper reports from an experiment designed to test if the negative incentive effect is present … performance. As a comparison we ran the same experiment (the Candle Problem) with and without incentives for individuals as well …
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Recent field evidence suggests a positive link between overconfidence and innovative activities. In this paper we argue that the connection between overconfidence and innovation is more complex than the previous literature suggests. In particular, we show theoretically and experimentally that...
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We study the stability of voluntary cooperation in response to varying rates at which a group grows. Using a laboratory public-good game with voluntary contributions and economies of scale, we construct a situation in which expanding a group’s size yields potential efficiency gains, but only...
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choices have uncertain outcomes. We report the results of a first experiment investigating just allocations of resources when …
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This paper studies how organizational design affects moral outcomes. Subjects face the decision to either kill mice for …
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subjectively-colored, recollection of the initial ultimatum game experiment, its motivation and the immediate responses. Second, we …
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We test experimentally an explanation of over and under confidence as motivated by (perhaps unconscious) strategic concerns, and find compelling evidence supporting this hypothesis in the behavior of participants who send and respond to others’ statements of confidence about how well they have...
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is an increase in subjects’ attention to the decision, rather than their ability to resist the temptation to get money …
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first-ever field experiment randomly providing free computers to students, we examine the relationships between access to … experiment indicate that the treatment group of students receiving free computers has a 4.5 percentage point higher probability …
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