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This paper analyzes awards as a means of motivation prevalent in the scientific community, but so far neglected in the economic literature on incentives, and discusses their relationship to monetary compensation. Awards are better suited than performance pay to reward scientific tasks, which are...
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This paper analyzes awards as a means of motivation prevalent in the scientific community, but so far neglected in the economic literature on incentives, and discusses their relationship to monetary compensation. Awards are better suited than performance pay to reward scientific tasks, which are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765608
; tragic events and disasters ; survival ; quasi-natural experiment ; altruism …
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the sinking of the RMS Titanic as a quasi-natural experiment to provide behavioural evidence that is rare in such a …
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sinking of the RMS Titanic as a quasi-natural experiment do provide behavioural evidence which is rare in such a controlled …
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The ability of a tax authority to successfully collect taxes depends critically on both its relationship with the taxpayers and how strongly these taxpayers are committed to contributing to the common good. We present evidence on a new non-intrusive approach aimed at fostering the commitment to...
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and conducted a laboratory experiment to test this proposition. In the field experiment, taxpayers with a history of being … compliant are more likely to make a promise. Similarly, the laboratory experiment indicates that individuals with higher tax …. The field experiment indicates that commitment can improve payment behavior. This effect, however, is strongly dependent …
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experiment that quantifies and isolates the effects of different award characteristics such as the publicity associated with …
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This paper tests the effect of a matching mechanism on donations in a controlled field experiment. We match the … socially inclined to react to the matching mechanism. The field experiment provides some evidence suggesting that the matching …
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