How do peers influence the impact of incentives? Despite much work on incentives, little is known about the spillover … effects of incentives. We investigate two mechanisms by which these effects can occur: through peers' actions and peers …' incentives. In a field experiment on snack choice (grapes versus cookies), we randomize who receives incentives, the fraction of …

are linked to economic theory. We then use this system to classify all published field experiments in the five top … period, we find that economic theory has played a more central role in the laboratory than in the field. Finally, we discuss …

We study the effect of physician incentives in an HMO network. Physician incentives are controversial because they may … induce doctors to make treatment decisions that differ from those they would chose in the absence of incentives. We set out a … suggestive evidence that financial incentives linked to commonly used quality measures may stimulate an improvement in measured …

In this paper I summarize four new strands in agency theory that help me think about incentives in real organizations … assessments; incentives for skill development rather than simply for effort; and incentive contracts between versus within … organizations. I conclude by suggesting two avenues for further progress in agency theory: better integration with organizational …