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laboratory studies, the demand for punishment and reward are studied separately from one another. This paper presents the results … from an experiment measuring the demand for reward and punishment by ‘unaffected’ third parties, separately and jointly. We … find that the demand for costly punishment is substantially lower when individuals are also given the ability to reward …
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We report a framed field experiment, in which we study the effectiveness of punishment and reward in sustaining …
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in the presence of heterogeneity. Under a wide range of conditions, punishment tournaments, i.e., tournaments that award … discouraged less in punishment tournaments, and hence can be compensated less to meet their participation constraints. …
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laboratory studies, the demand for punishment and reward are studied separately from one another. This paper presents the results … from an experiment measuring the demand for reward and punishment by 'unaffected' third parties, separately and jointly. We … find that the demand for costly punishment is substantially lower when individuals are also given the ability to reward …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899324
Managers often use tournaments which motivate workers to compete for the top, compete to avoid the bottom, or both. In this paper we compare the effectiveness and efficiency of the corresponding incentive schemes. To do so, we utilize optimal contracts in a principal-agent setting, using a...
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lost wallet trust game (Dufwenberg and Gneezy (2000)) that permits punishment. Like previous studies, we collect data on … what you think others expect you to do has a zero causal effect on both reward and punishment decisions. We also find that …
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We conduct a prisoner’s dilemma experiment with a punishment/reward stage, where punishments and rewards are risky …
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Some studies have found that choices become more risk averse after gains and more risk seeking after losses, although other studies have found the opposite. The latter tend to use hypothetical cases that encourage deliberation. In the current study, we examined the effects of prior gains and...
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. Controlling for the extent of norm violation, we find that demand for costly punishment is lower when participants also have the …, controlling for the extent of norm adherence. The reason is that participants use reward and punishment to signal their approval …. Similarly, the availability of punishment opportunities allows them to signal their approval by withholding punishment. This …
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