question. The studies presented in this volume take an important first step in quantifying the effect of investment incentives … on business decisions related to production and investment. In addition, they suggest the consequences of such incentives … effectiveness of tax incentives? Are corporate taxes largely ineffective (nonmarginal) instruments because of the influence of other …

It has been argued that monetary incentives restrain individual creativity and hamper performance in jobs requiring out … also when individuals work together to solve such problems. We do not find a negative impact of incentives on group … performance. As a comparison we ran the same experiment (the Candle Problem) with and without incentives for individuals as well …

. -- Intellectual property rights ; endogenous growth ; entrepreneurship ; incentives ; knowledge spillovers ; rents …