as a wage determinant. We furthermore show that a promotion affects both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation significantly …, though in two different ways: An expected promotion increases extrinsic motivation whereas intrinsic motivation is highest … subsequent to a realized promotion. The relationship between extrinsic motivation and expected promotions implies that promotions …

motivation, and characterise optimal incentive contracts for public sector workers under different informational assumptions …

-minimizing public firm. Workers in the economy are heterogeneous in their intrinsic motivation to work in the sector. In line with … competition between private firms for the best motivated workers leads to higher wage cost than under the public monopsony …

motivation may undermine intrinsic motivation. The self-perception (SP) theory developed by Bem (1972) explains this finding. The …

Physicians are supposed to serve patients' interests, but some are more inclined to do so than others. This paper … studies how the system of health care provision affects the allocation of patients to physicians when physicians differ in … altruistic physicians infer that in their absence, NHS patients receive lower treatment quality than private sector patients …

incentives have the potential to curtail the role of these factors in favor of performance -- in particular when the incentive … the effects of such team incentives on task assignment and performance. We introduce team incentives in a random subsets …

One of the reasons why regulators are hesitant about permitting price competition in healthcare markets is that it may … admissions to Dutch hospitals, we find no evidence that increased exposure to price competition reduces quality measured by …