examine whether information on the offered incentives improves reports about a known objective prior. We find that transparent … information on incentives gives rise to error rates in excess of 40 percent, and that only 15 percent of participants consistently … report the truth. False reports are conservative and appear to result from a biased perception of the BSR incentives. While …

and incentives to make plans to complete the modules. The second is an online survey-completion experiment (n=944), in … attentive and develop quantitative tests of rational inattention that we deploy in two experiments. The first is an experiment … with an online education platform run in the field (n=1,373), in which we randomize incentives to complete course modules …

present results from a randomized experiment across a representative sample of 350 schools in Tanzania that studied the impact … effects. Our results suggest that accounting for complementarities between inputs and incentives could substantially improve …

of financial incentives on student achievement. In stark contrast to simple economic models, our results suggest that … student incentives increase achievement when the rewards are given for inputs to the educational production function, but … incentives tied to output are not effective. Relative to popular education reforms of the past few decades, student incentives …

worker productivity in the facility. Using a natural field experiment, we report several insights. For example, conditional … incentives framed as both "losses" and "gains" increase productivity for both individuals and teams. In addition, teams more …

success in the tournament. Finally, we find that cheating/fudging on the experiment responds to the level of inequality and …

This paper analyzes the effects of a large randomized field experiment carried out with H&R Block, offering matching … incentives for IRA contributions at the time of tax preparation. About 14,000 H&R Block clients, across 60 offices in …

offering substantial cash incentives in two demonstration programs. As a theoretical matter, cash incentives may be helpful if …