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No response to changes in marginal incentives in one-shot public good experiments

Struwe, Natalie; Blanco, Esther; Walker, James - 2023

We report novel results from changes in the marginal per capita return (MPCR) in a one-shot public good game where participants make a single provision decision. Data was collected using three "data collection processes": an online experiment conducted on Prolific, an online experiment conducted...

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Competitive versus cooperative incentives in team production with heterogeneous agents

Dutcher, Glenn E.; Oexl, Regine; Ryvkin, Dmitry; Salmon, Tim - 2021 - This version: September 11, 2021

A debate among practicing managers is whether to use cooperative or competitive incentives for team production. While … competitive incentives may drive individual effort higher, they may also lead to less help and more sabotage; an issue exacerbated … when team members' abilities are varied. Using a lab experiment, we examine how increasing competitive incentives affects …

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Choking under pressure of top performers : evidence from Biathlon competitions

Lindner, Florian - 2017

Psychological pressure affects performance. This is especially true for individuals completing precision tasks in decisive situations, such as assessment tests, job talks, or sports competitions. In this paper, I shed light on detrimental effects of pressure on performance, a phenomenon known as...

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Do groups fight more? : experimental evidence on conflict initiation

Ke, Changxia; Morath, Florian; Seelos, Sophia - 2023

This paper investigates whether distributional conflicts become more likely when groups are involved in the fight. We present results from a laboratory experiment in which two parties can appropriate resources via a contest or, alternatively, take an outside option. Keeping monetary gains...

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Reducing strategic uncertainty increases group protection in collective risk social dilemmas

Steimanis, Ivo; Struwe, Natalie; Benda, Julian; Blanco, … - 2025 - This version: February 11, 2025

Interrelated global crises - climate change, pandemics, loss of ecosystem services and biodiversity - pose risks that demand collective solutions. Uncertainty about others' behavior, coupled with the dependence on some to take collective efforts to mitigate risks for all (e.g. conservation of...

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