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We study the performance of small retail sales teams facing an incentive scheme that includes both a lump sum bonus and multiple accelerators (kinks where the piece rate jumps upward). Consistent with standard labor supply models, we find that the presence of an attainable bonus or kink on a...
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We use an incentivized experimental game to uncover heterogeneity in otherregarding preferences among salespeople in a …
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We conduct a field experiment in a Dutch retail chain of 122 stores to study the interaction between team incentives …, team social cohesion, and team performance. Theory predicts that the effect of team incentives on team performance … increases with the team's social cohesion, because social cohesion reduces free-riding behavior. In addition, team incentives …
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selling their production and this affects their decisions to create jobs. Due to search-frictions on the product market …
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-being by analyzing the frequency with which specific emotions are experienced in anticipation of and reaction to job loss … unemployed leads to more frequent experiences of unpleasant emotions only in the short run and that adaptation occurs more …
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could not be understood or they study emotions out of interest for the emotion itself. While some analyses display a strong … utility theory. Beyond feelings, economic theorists use full-fledged specific emotions to explain behavior that otherwise … psychological approaches to emotion research. Ways how to reduce this gap are discussed. …
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Do emotions affect the decision between change and the status quo? We exploit exogenous variation in emotions caused by …
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emotions could decrease the use of punishments while keeping welfare high, possibly depending on pre-existing levels of … aggression. In this lab experiment, we find that adopting an objective attitude (Objective), through a form of emotion regulation … net earnings and self-reported emotions compared to a control condition (Natural). Although the interaction between the …
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tests support a causal interpretation of this finding. Our results are consistent with immediate emotions stirred by a …
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and biophysical attributes. Measures of emotion self‐regulation and interoceptive ability are informative, as is cognitive … efficiency, while incidental emotions can impair it. Signals in specific brain areas can be a trigger precipitating a bubble …
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