Showing 1 - 10 of 112
This paper studies the role of autonomy and reciprocity in explaining control averse responses in principal …-agents interactions. While most of the social psychology literature emphasizes the role of autonomy, recent economic research has provided … an alternative explanation based on reciprocity. We propose a simple model and an experiment to test the relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307467
Modern welfare policies are increasingly based on notions of reciprocity. Citizens on welfare benefits have to do … from labour market re-integration policies to a mandatory reciprocity approach is viewed by long-term unemployed women who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307332
relation between firm-sponsored training and reciprocity by providing evidence that workers reciprocate employer training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307400
There is now an extensive literature on "gift exchange" showing that when principals and agents can trade "gifts" (rewards that should not emerge in a competitive equilibrium), exchange becomes more efficient. However, it is not obvious how gift exchange should be organized if the principal's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653464
related to the financial consequences of the evaluations. These results point towards a behavioral model of reciprocity that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005916
employed in cooperatives.We gathered incentive-compatible measures of risk preferences, time preferences, reciprocity, altruism … across other preference domains, such as impatience, trust, and reciprocity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006030
and reciprocity. We provide evidence based on self-report survey data for almost one hundred developing countries; an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059187
but decreases substantially, if the bonus is not paid. This is consistent with negative reciprocity by workers who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873584
We investigate how payoff-irrelevant terms can negatively impact relational contracts. In a lab experiment we compare two economically equivalent contracts – a fixed-term renewable and an open-ended at-will contract. Each contract provides partners with full flexibility regarding the length...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931677
and reciprocity for intrinsic tax morale. We find that participants in a social-norm treatment have lower tax morale … relative to a control group while participants in a reciprocity treatment have significantly higher tax morale than those in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931679