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experiment and introduce another treatment with exogenously determined contract types. Like FHZ we find reference point effects …
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In a hold-up experiment designed to test theoretical predictions following from Hart (1995) and deMeza/Lockwood (1998 … deviations from standard theory can be explained by positive reciprocal behavior. In this paper, we replicate the experiment by … experiment shows that the results by SOS crucially depend on the ownership structure being exogenously assigned by the …
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We conduct an artefactual field experiment to compare the individual preferences and propensity to cooperate of three …
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This paper studies how organizational design affects moral outcomes. Subjects face the decision to either kill mice for money or to save mice. We compare a Baseline treatment where subjects are fully pivotal to a Diffused-Pivotality treatment where subjects simultaneously choose in groups of...
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We explore whether there is a link between mood and hiring decisions. This research examines how positive mood affects the discrimination faced my homosexual job candidates compared to heterosexuals. Our experimental design allows us to track the complete hiring process and monitor employers'...
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Team decision-making prevails in modern organizations. Teams often need to decide whether to delegate or make a decision themselves. Recent work has found that many individuals assign a significantly positive intrinsic value to having a decision right, which may distort the choice between...
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We present experiments exploring why high ability workers join teams with less able co-workers when there are no short-term financial benefits. We distinguish between two explanations: pro-social preferences and expected long-term financial gains from teaching future teammates. Participants...
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reference group. In a novel experiment, I vary whether or not members of a reference group obtain relative performance …
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