The stability of many post-conflict societies rests on the successful reintegration of former soldiers. We examine … social capital of former soldiers in Northern Uganda, where the Lord's Resistance Army forcibly recruited tens of thousands … of youth during a recent brutal conflict. We use a set of interlocked experiments to study behavior of ex-soldiers …

of incentives and when incentives can have “hidden costs”, i.e., a detrimental effect. We show experimentally that in all …'s behavior. Our finding contributes to the micro-foundation of psychological effects of incentives. …

"), material or other explicit incentives ("laws") and social sanctions or rewards ("norms"). It first examines how honor, stigma … and social norms arise from individuals' behaviors and inferences, and how they interact with material incentives. It then … incentives and sending a message about society's values, and hence about the norms that different behaviors are likely to …

the agent’s motivation to perform well. Before the agent chooses his performance, the principal in our experiment decides … incentives as well as the puzzling incompleteness of many economic contracts. …

We report the results of a field experiment on honesty conducted on 427 Israeli soldiers fulfilling their mandatory …

427 Israeli soldiers fulfilling their mandatory military service rolled a six-sided die in private and reported the … from the army base on Thursday afternoon. Soldiers who participated on Sunday (the first work day of the week) are …