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Goal setting and raising the bar : a field experiment
Lent, Max van; Souverijn, Michiel - 2016
We study goal setting using a randomized field experiment involving 1092 first-year undergraduate students. Students … more so when they performed poorly prior to the experiment. Next, we find that students in the raise treatment do not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011583305
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Finite sample evaluation of causal machine learning methods : guidelines for the applied researcher
Naghi, Andrea A.; Wirths, Christian P. - 2021
inference such as varying degrees of: nonlinearity in the outcome and treatment equations, overlap, percentage of treated …. Results on the bias, root mean squared error, coverage rates and interval lengths for the average treatment effect, group …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650104
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Technology adoption subsidies : an experiment with managers
Aalbers, Rob F.; Heijden, Eline C. van der; Potters, Jan; … - 2007
We evaluate the impact of technology adoption subsidies on in- vestment behavior in an individual choice experiment. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372970
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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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Risk, uncertainty and entrepreneurship : evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment
Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2014
perform a large "lab-in-the-field" experiment comparing entrepreneurs to managers - a suitable comparison group - and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010415523