predicts both errors to be equally detrimental to performance, this prediction fails with a lab experiment. In fact, failing to … performance. -- agency theory ; organizational justice ; compensation ; type I and type II errors ; real effort …

Debates about affirmative action often revolve around fairness. Accordingly, we document substantial heterogeneity in … the fairness perception of various affirmative action policies. But do these differences translate into different … consequences? In a laboratory experiment, we study three different quota rules that favor individuals whose performance is low …

to mitigate high intensity conflicts when the identities are common knowledge among rivals. …

We show with a laboratory experiment that individuals adjust their moral principles to the situation and to their … the fairness and unfairness of allocations in three different scenarios (a Dictator game, an Ultimatum game, and a Trust … same session we elicit again their principles regarding the fairness and unfairness of allocations in the same three …

. Subjects may also imitate what they regard as socially adequate behavior. Here, I present an experiment in which imitation is …

an alternative explanation based on reciprocity. We propose a simple model and an experiment to test the relative …

sequence in order to improve fairness. …

stimulate effort. Through a real-effort artefactual field experiment with factory workers and university students as a …