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informed about their piece rate realization, they adapt their performance. One third of subjects nevertheless forego this …
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informed about their piece rate realization, they adapt their performance. One third of subjects nevertheless forego this …
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informed about their piece rate realization, they adapt their performance. One third of subjects nevertheless forego this …
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has ignored possible dynamic effects: e.g., anticipating that team formation is based on prior performance will affect … prior performance. We test this hypothesis in a lab experiment with two stages of a real effort task. Participants first … performance. Our results are consistent with a simple investment-cum-matching model: pairing the worst performing individuals with …
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of instrumental information exist, studying information structures on performance pay. Second, information avoiders …
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We study how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing their performance in "high" and "low … section of the GRE. We find that Males exhibit a larger drop in performance between the high and low stakes examinations than … females, and Whites exhibit a larger drop in performance compared to minorities. Differences between high and low stakes tests …
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Entrepreneurship research is on the rise but many questions about its fundamental nature still exist. We argue that entrepreneurship is about experimentation: the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed and unknowable until an investment is made. At a macro level experimentation by...
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