This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different pay and relative performance information policies on … employee effort. We explore three information policies: No feedback about relative performance, feedback given halfway through … off. Moreover, in both pay schemes information feedback reduces the quality of the low performers' work. …

This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory … experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … productivity. Information on the opponent is a promising nudge to raise individuals' awareness towards the complexity of the …

through information sharing or through persuasion by incentivized target participants. If social learning is the main channel … of diffusion, we would expect higher sign-up and take-up rates in information villages compared to persuasion villages … increased financial literacy or knowledge about the product. Information alone had a negligible impact on take-up, while the …

mothers work full-time, children's actual performance is generally underestimated, but providing factual information about …