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The Peter Principle: An Experiment
Dickinson, David L.; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The Peter Principle states that, after a promotion, the observed output of promotedemployees tends to fall. Lazear (2004) models this principle as resulting from a regression tothe mean of the transitory component of ability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008939753
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Discrete Adjustment to a Changing Environment: Experimental Evidence
Khaw, Mel Win; Stevens, Luminita; Woodford, Michael - 2016
We conduct a laboratory experiment to shed light on the cognitive limitations that may affect the way decision makers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615828
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The choice of the agenda in labor negotiations: efficiency and behavioral considerations
Königstein, Manfred; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2005
an experiment in which the choice of the bargaining agenda is endogenous within a noncooperative game. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267680
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Tax evasion, welfare fraud, and 'the broken windows' effect: An experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands
Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Pestieau, Pierre; Riedl, Arno; … - 2011
In a series of experiments conducted in Belgium (Wallonia and Flanders), France and the Netherlands, we compare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277040
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The Choice of the Agenda in Labor Negotiations: Efficiency and Behavioral Considerations
Königstein, Manfred; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
an experiment in which the choice of the bargaining agenda is endogenous within a noncooperative game. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822647
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Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes: An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment
Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
behavior of juniors (under 30) and seniors (over 50) in both experiments conducted onsite with the employees of two large firms … external validity of conventional laboratory experiments. In general we do not find strong differences in behavior between … workers and non-workers, indicating that laboratory experiments may not be such a bad approximation for the field environment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762257
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Other-Regarding Preferences and Performance Pay : An Experiment on Incentives and Sorting
Villeval, Marie-Claire; Eriksson, Tor - 2004
experiment that analyzes the influence of other-regarding preferences on sorting and incentives. Experimental evidence shows that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261940
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The importance of the cognitive environment for intertemporal choice
Kuhn, Michael A.; Kuhn, Peter Joseph; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2013
We experimentally manipulate two aspects of the cognitive environment, cognitive depletion and recent sugar intake, and estimate their effects on individuals' time preferences in a way that allows us to identify the structural parameters of a simple (α,β,δ) intertemporal utility function for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293227
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Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Kocher, Martin G.; Martinsson, Peter; Myrseth, Kristian … - 2013
predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293923
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More than Thirty Years of Ultimatum Bargaining Experiments: Motives, Variations, and a Survey of the Recent Literature
Güth, Werner; Kocher, Martin G. - 2013
subjectively-colored, recollection of the initial ultimatum game experiment, its motivation and the immediate responses. Second, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323022