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an experiment with piece-rate incentives we find that the comparative static and the point predictions on effort … provision are remarkably accurate. We also present experimental findings from three classic experiments, namely, team production … experiments using purely induced values. We conclude that the ballcatching task combines the advantages of real effort with …
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Tournaments are often used to improve performance in innovation contexts. Tournaments provide monetary incentives but … also render teams’ identity and social-image concerns salient. We study the effects of tournaments on team performance in a … non-routine task and identify the importance of these behavioral aspects. In a natural field experiment (n>1 …
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-effort experiment, we examine how cheating and effort evolve in two rounds of competitions in which subjects compete with different …
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We use a ten-round online mind game to determine whether the effect of honesty nudges depends on timing and content. Reminding individuals about the right thing to do increases honesty. Including information that it is possible to assess an individual's dishonesty strengthens the effect of the...
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sabotage renders the gender quota ineffective in encouraging women to enter tournaments and reversing gender pay gaps. Moreover … without gender quotas and a peer review process that allows for sabotage. Our findings show that the possibility of peer …, we provide evidence of a severe backlash against women, as they become targets of sabotage under gender quotas …
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pool resource (CPR) experiments. The evidence indicates that in standard CPR games without communication and without …
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too. In a gift-exchange experiment with independent payoffs between two agents we find causal evidence for peer effects …
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. In alaboratory experiment we test the different theories by systematically varying informationconditions. We find that …
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The assumption that payoff-relevant information is observable but not verifiable is important for many core results in contract, organizational and institutional economics. However, subgame-perfect implementation (SPI) mechanisms - which are based on off-equilibrium arbitration clauses that...
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In this paper we conduct a laboratory experiment to test the extent to which Moore and Repullo’s subgame perfect …
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