This note reports a replication study of Falk and Kosfeld's (2006) medium control treatment. In the experimental game …, the principal decides whether or not to control the agent by imposing a compulsory transfer of 10 units. Like the original … study, we observe that control entails hidden costs. Unlike the original study, we do not observe that the hidden costs of …

those of the original study. We mainly observe hidden costs of control of low magnitude which lead to low-trust principal …, we observe that hidden costs outweigh benefits of control. …

This note reports a replication study of Falk and Kosfeld’s (2006) medium control treatment.In the experimental game …, the principaldecides whether or not to control the agent by imposing a compulsory transfer of 10 units. Likethe original … study, we observe that control entails hidden costs. Unlike the original study, we donot observe that the hidden costs of …

We report three repetitions of Falk and Kosfeld's (2006) low and medium control treatments with 364 subjects. Each … largely conflict with those of the original study. We mainly observe hidden costs of control of low magnitude that lead to low … participation fee. We observe that hidden costs outweigh benefits of control which shows that control aversion is more prevalent …

This note reports a replication study of Falk and Kosfeld’s (2006) medium control treatment. In the experimental game …, the principal decides whether or not to control the agent by imposing a compulsory transfer of 10 units. Like the original … study, we observe that control entails hidden costs. Unlike the original study, we do not observe that the hidden costs of …