prosocially. Moreover, we show that extrinsic incentives interact with image motivation and are therefore less effective in public … than in private. Together, these results imply that image motivation is crowded out by monetary incentives; which in turn …This paper experimentally examines image motivation the desire to be liked and well-regarded by others as a driver in …

crowding out due to low-powered incentives. High-powered incentives in the workplace tend to increase output, but it is unknown … also extends to high-powered incentives, in a real work setting with paid workers. There is individual heterogeneity …, however, with a minority of workers report crowding in of motivation. Thus, the impact of performance pay might depend on the …

There has been little systematic study of the mechanisms typically used to raise money for charity. One of the most … experiment randomly assigning participants to four raffle treatments to examine the effectiveness of alternative incentive … schemes designed to encourage either participation or volume. Our results confirm the importance of incentives in that we find …

We examine how economic incentives affect pro-social behavior through the analysis of a unique dataset with information … incentives in a "standard" way; offering donors economic incentives significantly increases turnout and blood units collected … come to a drive but are ineligible to donate when incentives are offered. Further evidence from a small-scale field …

. If the incentives crowd-out intrinsic motivation, and the effect is large enough, the net motivational effect on effort …, is one facet of intrinsic motivation, triggered by the combination of high-powered incentives and egoistic principal … intent, that can cause incentives to fail. Using an experiment that provides the material circumstances necessary for …

We examine optimal incentives for charitable giving with a large-scale field experiment involving 26 charities and over … incentive schemes, taking into account the goals of the charity and donor preferences. Two of these optimal incentives were … policy to evaluate effectiveness. The best-guess incentives in our initial field experiment turned out to be ineffective at …

destroy intrinsic altruistic motivations. We set up a randomized-controlled experiment, through a survey administered to 467 …. Implications for research and public policy are discussed. -- Incentives ; altruism ; public good provision ; pro-social behavior …

There is a longstanding concern that material incentives might undermine prosocial motivation, leading to a decrease in … ; blood donations ; material incentives : field experiment … blood donations rather than an increase. This paper provides an empirical test of how material incentives affect blood …

economic decisions not merely by modifying incentives operating through given preferences, but also by influencing people …