Showing 1 - 10 of 4,123
inefficient risk-sharing. These experimental outcomes, while anomalous from the standpoint of principal-agency theory, are quite … may allow an outcome preferred, by both principal and agent, to that deemed possible by principal-agency theory. If this … is true, then the lessons to be learned from principal-agency theory are all the wrong ones. Concentrating on incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014027929
makers are selected? Through an experiment with 472 groups of citizens in Burkina Faso, this paper compares elected and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012903053
Despite being a fixture of everyday life in the Arab world, wasta, which may be thought of as special influence by members of the same group or tribe, has received little attention from social scientists. Our casual empiricism suggests that wasta is an important determinant of how economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009708693
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756505
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013281074
We conduct experimental games with police applicants in Germany to investigate whether intrinsically motivated agents self-select into public service. Our focus is on trustworthiness and the willingness to enforce norms as key dimensions of intrinsic motivation in the police context. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964606
We conduct experimental games with police applicants in Germany to investigate whether intrinsically motivated agents self-select into public service. Our focus is on trustworthiness and the willingness to enforce norms as key dimensions of intrinsic motivation in the police context. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573312
We conduct experimental games with police applicants in Germany to investigate whether intrinsically motivated agents self-select into public service. Our focus is on trustworthiness and the willingness to enforce norms as key dimensions of intrinsic motivation in the police context. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594631
A stream of research examining the effect of punishment on conformity indicates that punishment can backfire and lead to suboptimal social outcomes. We examine whether this effect is due to a lack of perceived legitimacy of rule enforcement, enabling agents to justify selfish behavior. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270568
Research examining the effect of weak punishment on conformity indicates that punishment can backfire and lead to suboptimal social outcomes. We examine whether this effect is due to a lack of perceived legitimacy of rule enforcement, which would enable agents to justify selfish behavior. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510229