quality. This study is the first to use a natural field experiment to test this proposition, and the first to test it in a … labour market context. We sent out 12,301 job applications, varying the information on degree classification - a signal of …

We run a field experiment to investigate whether competing in rank-order tournaments with different prize spreads … affects individual performance. Our experiment involved students from an Italian University who took an intermediate exam in …

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 …

engage children in making healthful choices. We conduct a field experiment with over 1,500 participants in grades K-8 and … evaluate the impact of small non-monetary incentives on the selection of milk in the school lunchroom. At baseline, only 16% of … children select white milk relative to 84% choosing chocolate milk. We find a significant effect of incentives, which increase …

outcomes, thus ignoring possible repercussions. We present a field experiment in which we consider a phenomenon that we call …