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Promises undone : how committed pledges impact donations to charity
Fosgaard, Toke Reinholt; Soetevent, Adriaan R. - 2018
The declining use of cash in society urges charities to experiment with digital payment instruments in their off … problem. We report on a field experiment the results of which show that donors who have pledged an amount are indeed more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011844580
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Bidding to give in the field : door-to-door fundraisers had it right from the start
Onderstal, Sander; Schram, Arthur J. C.; Soetevent, … - 2011
In a door-to-door fundraising field experiment, we study the impact of fundraising mechanisms on charitable giving. We …, it raised the lowest revenue per household in the field. Our experiment reveals two potential explanations for this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386444
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Tournament incentives in the field : gender differences in the workplace
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J.; Sol, Joeri; … - 2012
We ran a field experiment in a Dutch retail chain consisting of 128 stores. In a random sample of these stores, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378827
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Grow rich while you sleep : selection in experiments with voluntary participation
Gautier, Pieter; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2006
-exchange experiment. The promotion campaign allowed guests to pay any non negative amount of money for a stay in one of 36 hotels in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349714
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Knowing that you matter, matters! : the interplay of meaning, monetary incentives, and worker recognition
Kosfeld, Michael; Neckermann, Susanne; Yang, Xiaolan - 2014
We manipulate workers' perceived meaning of a job in a field experiment. Half of the workers are informed that their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337021
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A field experiment in motivating employee ideas
Neckermann, Susanne; Gibbs, Michael; Siemroth, Christoph - 2014
We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company …. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338674
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The magic of the personal touch : field experimental evidence on money and appreciation as gifts
Bradler, Christiane; Neckermann, Susanne - 2016
This paper makes use of two field experiments to explore individual effort responses to gifts. We extend the literature by looking at nonfinancial gifts and gifts that combine financial and nonfinancial elements with or without adding a ``personal touch.'' We find that non-pecuniary gifts that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483832
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Does relative grading help male students? : evidence from a field experiment in the classroom
Czibor, Eszter; Onderstal, Sander; Sloof, Randolph; … - 2014
-referenced) and the relative (i.e., norm-referenced) grading schemes in a large-scale field experiment at a university. We hypothesize …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010399683
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How to reduce discrimination? : evidence from a field experiment in amateur soccer
Dur, Robert A. J.; Gomez-Gonzalez, Carlos; Nesseler, Cornel - 2022 - This version: 17 January 2022
, however, about how to reduce discrimination. This study reports the results of a large-scale field experiment we ran together …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817152
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Premium auctions in the field
Onderstal, Sander - 2017
In a field experiment, we study the revenue-generating properties of premium auctions. In a premium auction, the runner … experiment, we compare two types of premium auctions with the standard Vickrey auction selling high-quality, limited …
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