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Monetary and Non-Monetary Punishment in the Voluntary Contributions Mechanism

Masclet, David; Noussair, Charles; Tucker, Steven; … - HAL - 2001

In this paper we replicate and extend the experiment of Fehr and Gaechter (2000) that analyzes the effect of an …

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Self-selection and the Efficiency of Tournaments

Eriksson, Tor; Teyssier, Sabrina; Villeval, Marie Claire - HAL - 2009

in performance. This paper reports results from an experiment analyzing whether allowing subjects to self-select into …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401083

Societal communication and brand equity

Benoît-Moreau, Florence; Parguel, Béatrice - HAL - 2007

hypotheses and test them using an experiment on a sample of 200 French University students. The findings suggest that societal …

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Respect and relational contracts

Eriksson, Tor; Villeval, Marie-Claire - HAL - 2012

market context where the length of the employment relationship is endogenous. In our three-stage gift-exchange experiment …

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Valuing life: experimental evidence using sensitivity to rare events

Chanel, Olivier; Chichilnisky, Graciela - HAL - 2011

Global environmental phenomena like climate change, major extinction events or flutype pandemics can have catastrophic consequences. By properly assessing the outcomes involved - especially those concerning human life - economic theory of choice under uncertainty is expected to help people take...

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Efficiency and behavioral considerations in labor negotiations

Königstein, Manfred; Villeval, Marie-Claire - HAL - 2010

environment and reports on an experiment based on a non-cooperative game in which the choice of the bargaining agenda is …

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Feedback and incentives: Experimental evidence

Eriksson, Tor; Poulsen, Anders; Villeval, Marie Claire - HAL - 2009

This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different pay schemes and relative performance feedback policies on employee effort. We explore three feedback rules: No feedback on relative performance, feedback given halfway through the production period, and continuously updated feedback....

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Job Allocation Rules and Sorting Efficiency: Experimental Outcomes in a Peter Principle Environment

Dickinson, David; Villeval, Marie Claire - HAL - 2012

An important issue in personnel economics is the design of efficient job allocation rules. Firms often use promotions both to sort workers across jobs and to provide them with incentives. However, the Peter Principle states that employees' output tends to fall after a promotion. Lazear (2004)...

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Emotions, Sanctions and Cooperation

Joffily, Matteus; Masclet, David; Noussair, Charles; … - HAL - 2011

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and punishment in a social dilemma. Emotional reaction to free-riding incites individuals to apply sanctions when they are available. The application of sanctions activates a...

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Respect as an Incentive

Eriksson, Tor; Villeval, Marie Claire - HAL - 2010

-monetary source of motivation in a context where the length of the employment relationship is endogenous. In our three-stage gift …-exchange experiment, the employer can express respect by giving the employee costly symbolic rewards after observing his level of effort …. This experiment sheds light on the extent to which symbolic rewards are used, how they affect employees' further effort …

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