of the experiment indicate that targeting is an effective instrument to promote trustful behavior, whereas subsidy policy …

determine, via their bids, which of four alternative public projects to implement. Previous experiments with positive cost … projects have demonstrated that the mechanism is efficiency enhancing. Our experiment tests whether the mechanism remains …

Bubbles are omnipresent in lab experiments with asset markets. But these experiments were (mostly) conducted in … experiment to measure human trading behaviour changes if these humans expect algorithmic traders. To disentangle the direct …

against each other. In a computerized lab experiment with minimal group design, we prime subjects to two alternative … importance of a "triple-fit" of preferences, organizational culture and incentive mechanism. -- Tournaments ; Organizational …

the design of organizational incentive systems. -- Tournaments ; Incentives ; Economic experiments …Tournaments represent an increasingly important component of organizational compensation systems. While prior research … focused on fixed-prize tournaments, i.e., on tournaments where the prize or prize sum to be awarded is set in advance, we …

the order to promote their performance. Tournaments in which agents compete for a bonus by investing effort, are … frequently applied, e.g., in development races, political contests, and promotion tournaments. The fallibility of evaluation …