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Market interactions are brought about by the interplay of entitlements and obligations. Entitlements are rights, as perceived by the individuals. They are subjectively perceived rights that go along with a motivational disposition to defend them. Obligations are the counterparts of entitlements....
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We investigate the effect of a donation incentive tied to contributions to a public good when group members can decide on the size of the donation to be made. An up to 20 % donation of the public good was implemented either exogenously or endogenously by group members. In the Vote treatment,...
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literature on tournaments within firms, which shows that competitive compensation schemes reduce cooperation in the short-run, we …
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literature on tournaments within firms, which shows that competitive compensation schemes reduce cooperation in the short-run, we …
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literature on tournaments within firms, which shows that competitive compensation schemes reduce cooperation in the short-run, we …
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In this paper we develop a theoretical model concerning self-control, motivation and commitment. The model, based on …, inferior and has to exercise self-control to resist temptation. A random, time-variant degree of motivation is introduced to …In diesem Papier entwickeln wir ein theoretisches Modell bezüglich Selbstkontrolle, Motivation und Selbstverpflichtung …
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The "iteration argument" presented in Schlicht (1996) shows that the allocation of property rights may generate inefficiencies, contrary to what the "Coase Theorem", as commonly understood, asserts. The argument may be summarized by saying that markets (and bargaining) cease to function properly...
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that choosing a manager who has a preference to spend resources for social causes can increase employee motivation. In turn …, ex-post losses in shareholder value may be offset by ex-ante gains in performance through higher employee motivation. …
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A key feature of markets for repugnant transactions is that certain transactions seem to raise moral concerns only when they involve high monetary incentives. Using a framed field experiment with a representative sample, I show that these preferences exist, and I investigate why people display...
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