experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … decision problem and to update beliefs about success. In the experiment, subjects face the choice between a competition game …

experiment. In the experiment, all subjects go through a series of quiz questions and subsequently report a performance measure …

identifies unconscious bias as a source of inaccuracy in the credit ratings process. It examines prior behavioral research on … unconscious bias, and uses this research to identify structural issues within the credit ratings industry that give rise to biased … offers additional reforms aimed at combating unconscious bias. Findings – Recent government reforms will be most effective in …

information at the principal's advantage, we test experimentally the principal's willingness to bias (overestimate or under …) principals do bias information, ii) agents trust the cheap-talk messages they receive and adjust their effort accordingly …

information at the principal’s advantage, we test experimentally the principal’s willingness to bias (overestimate or under …) principals do bias information, ii) agents trust the cheap-talk messages they receive and adjust their effort accordingly …

their experiment is driven by guilt aversion. By modifying the procedures to include a double blind social distance protocol …

precisely whether emotions could reinforce intrinsic motivations. We design a three-stage laboratory experiment. Firstly … line with the functional theory in psychology, we show that two positive emotions with similar valence but of different …

image concerns of being perceived as a promise breaker play a role. In a controlled laboratory experiment, we vary the ex …