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Strive to be first or avoid being last : an experiment on relative performance incentives
Dutcher, E. Glenn; Balafoutas, Loukas; Lindner, Florian; … - 2015
We utilize a laboratory experiment to compare effort provision under optimal tournament contracts with different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337036
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How uncertainty and ambiguity in tournaments affect gender differences in competitive behavior
Balafoutas, Loukas; Sutter, Matthias - 2019
studied in a controlled lab experiment. We present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012015779
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Equality, equity and incentives : an experiment
Balafoutas, Loukas; Kocher, Martin; Putterman, Louis G.; … - 2010
; voluntary contribution mechanism ; incentives ; experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011596
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The hidden costs of tax evasion : collaborative tax evasion in markets for expert services
Balafoutas, Loukas; Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - 2015
We experimentally examine the impact of tax evasion attempts on the performance of credence goods markets, where contractual incompleteness results from asymmetric information on the welfare maximizing quality of the good. Our results suggest that tax evasion attempts - independently of whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529409
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Second-degree moral hazard in a real-world credence goods market
Balafoutas, Loukas; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias - 2013
outcomes, thus ignoring possible repercussions. We present a field experiment in which we consider a phenomenon that we call …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010207314
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Competitiveness of entrepreneurs and salaried workers
Balafoutas, Loukas; Batsaikhan, Mongoljin; Sutter, Matthias - 2021
We measure the willingness to compete of entrepreneurs and salaried workers in an experiment. We let participants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485517
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Gender, competition and the efficiency of policy interventions
Balafoutas, Loukas; Sutter, Matthias - 2010
interventions. Hence, policy measures promoting women can have a double dividend. -- Competition ; gender gap ; experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966947
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Diagnostic uncertainty and insurance coverage in credence goods markets
Balafoutas, Loukas; Fornwagner, Helena; Kerschbamer, Rudolf - 2020
framework. We test the model's predictions in a laboratory experiment. Both in theory and in the experiment diagnostic … net effect on welfare. In the experiment, the net effect of insurance coverage on efficiency turns out to be positive. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012313962