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characterize these equilibria when the two principals control activitieswhich are complements in the agent s objective function …
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Companies typically control various aspects of their workers' behaviors. In this paper, we investigate whether the … hierarchical distance of the superior who imposes such control measures matters for the workers' ensuing reaction. In particular …, we test, in a laboratory experiment, whether potential negative behavioral reactions to imposed control are larger when …
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We conduct a field experiment with remote workers to assess potential adverse effects of monitoring. We find that monitoring reduces the average performance of workers, in particular among the intrinsically motivated workforce. Moreover, monitoring cultivates the average worker: There are fewer...
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keep control if they - irrationally - believe that they can increase the probability of getting their preferred task by … keeping control. We thus document that illusion of control exists in a controlled environment with monetary incentives, and … that illusion of control might affect people's pursuit of authority. …
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We develop and estimate a non-stationary job search model to evaluate a scheme that monitors job search effort and sanctions insured unemployed whose effort is deemed insufficient. The model reveals that such schemes provide incentives to the unemployed to front-load search effort prior to...
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While examining the macroeconomic effects of increased government control of the informal sector, this paper develops a …
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