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experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … decision problem and to update beliefs about success. In the experiment, subjects face the choice between a competition game …
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In this paper we experimentally test whether competing for a desired reward does not only affect individuals … our experiment subjects conduct a task where they have the possibility to make use of illegitimate tools to better their …
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This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different pay and relative performance information policies on employee effort. We explore three information policies: No feedback about relative performance, feedback given halfway through the production period, and continuously updated...
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such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a …
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This paper studies the impact of incentives on worker self-selection in a controlled laboratory experiment. In a first …
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Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from …
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her information. Having presented our formal analysis, we test these results using data from laboratory experiments. The …
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to investigate the ex ante sorting effect of tournaments. This paper reports results from an experiment analyzing whether …
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behavior is almost non-existent. We study sabotage in tournaments in a controlled laboratory experiment and are able to confirm …
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The ability of groups to implement efficiency-enhancing institutions is emerging as a central theme of research in economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma situation. Experimental results show that the...
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