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Dynamic incentive effects of relative performance pay : a field experiment
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J.; Non, Jan Adrianus; … - 2013
We conduct a field experiment among 189 stores of a retail chain to study dynamic incentive effects of relative performance pay. Employees in the randomly selected treatment stores could win a bonus by outperforming three comparable stores from the control group over the course of four weeks....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010196033
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Dynamic incentive effects of relative performance pay : a field experiment
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J.; Non, Jan Adrianus; … - 2013
We conduct a field experiment among 189 stores of a retail chain to study dynamic incentive effects of relative performance pay. Employees in the randomly selected treatment stores could win a bonus by outperforming three comparable stores from the control group over the course of four weeks....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382591
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Tax morale and the role of social norms and reciprocity : evidence from a randomized survey experiment
Doerrenberg, Philipp; Peichl, Andreas - 2017
and reciprocity for intrinsic tax morale. We find that participants in a reciprocity treatment have significantly higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011758091
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Quasi-Free Goods and Social Norms : The Effects of Quantity Restrictions and Scrutiny
Boshi, Shlomi - 2015
In this paper we consider the effect of quantity restrictions and scrutiny on the consumption of quasi-free goods. A good is quasi-free if it is zero priced, but it is consumed in the context of a social setting (e.g., as an employee, client, friend, etc.). Examples include cookies at a picnic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013027021
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Academics appreciate awards : a new aspect of incentives in research
Frey, Bruno S.; Neckermann, Susanne - 2009
This paper analyzes awards as a means of motivation prevalent in the scientific community, but so far neglected in the economic literature on incentives, and discusses their relationship to monetary compensation. Awards are better suited than performance pay to reward scientific tasks, which are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003807766
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Academics Appreciate Awards - A New Aspect of Incentives in Research
Frey, Bruno S. - 2009
This paper analyzes awards as a means of motivation prevalent in the scientific community, but so far neglected in the economic literature on incentives, and discusses their relationship to monetary compensation. Awards are better suited than performance pay to reward scientific tasks, which are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765608
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The Targeted Assignment of Incentive Schemes
Opitz, Saskia; Sliwka, Dirk; Vogelsang, Timo; … - 2022
A central question in designing optimal policies concerns the assignment of individuals with different observable characteristics to different treatments. We study this question in the context of increasing workers' performance by using targeted incentives based on measurable worker...
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Incentives to lose revisited : the NHL and its tournament incentives
Fornwagner, Helena - 2017
This paper analyzes data from a tournament, namely the National Hockey League regular scheduled season of games, which provides incentives to increase effort in order to reach the playoffs and incentives to decrease effort once a team has been eliminated from playoff considerations because of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011639595
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The Implications of Educational and Methodological Background for The Career Success of Nobel Laureates: Looking at Major Awards
Chan, Ho Fai; Torgler, Benno - 2013
Nobel laureates have achieved the highest recognition in academia, reaching the boundaries of human knowledge and … only limited understanding of the factors driving their recognition with respect to major institutionalized scientific … with an empirical orientation. Moreover, it seems their educational background shapes their future recognition. Researchers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168421
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The Implications of Educational and Methodological Background for The Career Success of Nobel Laureates: Looking at Major Awards
Chan, Ho Fai; Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2013
Nobel laureates have achieved the highest recognition in academia, reaching the boundaries of human knowledge and … only limited understanding of the factors driving their recognition with respect to major institutionalized scientific … with an empirical orientation. Moreover, it seems their educational background shapes their future recognition. Researchers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690312