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 … crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between …

threat of terminating them from the team (Alchian and Demsetz, 1972). We extend a standard weakest link experiment with a …

In the reported experiment different payment schemes are examined on theirincentive effects. Payment based on …

works in anindividual decision experiment. Subjects are faced with a sequentialsearch problem. After extensive practice …

-based questionnaire before the experiment and participants' preferencesfor resolution timing, risk, and time were incentive compatibly … measured during the experiment.Main findings are that delayed resolution can affect investment, that the effect depends on the …

verdict. In this experiment we examine the relationship between evidence of which the strength is known, subjective …

decision making in an interpersonal context. The influence of social comparison on risky choices is explored in an experiment …

emotions. This conjecture is tested in an experiment with real lottery tickets. We show that our theoretical considerations may …