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Motivation and incentives in an online labor market
Fest, Sebastian; Kvaløy, Ola; Nieken, Petra; … - 2020
An increasing number of workers participate in online labor markets. In contrast to traditional employment relationships within firms, the interaction between online workers and their employers are short and impersonal, which makes motivating online workers more challenging. We present results...
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Ignorance, intention and stochastic outcomes
Friedrichsen, Jana; Momsen, Katharina; Piasenti, Stefano - 2021
In sequential interactions, both the first mover's intention and the outcome of his choice may influence the second mover's action. While outcomes are typically observable, intentions are more likely to be hidden, leaving potential wiggle room for the second mover when deciding on a...
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State coercion and control aversion : an internet study in East and West Germany
Schmelz, Katrin; Ziegelmeyer, Anthony - 2019 - This version: September 2019
Do politico-economic systems influence how control affects motivation? We hypothesize that control aversion, meaning crowding-out of intrinsic motivation due to enforcement, has evolved less under the coercive regime of East Germany than under the liberal regime of West Germany. We test this...
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Biases in beliefs : experimental evidence
Bauer, Dominik; Wolff, Irenaeus - 2019 - This version: 20th February, 2019
Many papers have reported behavioral biases in belief formation that come on top of standard game-theoretic reasoning. We show that the processes involved depend on the way participants reason about their beliefs. When they think about what everybody else or another "unspeci fied" individual is...
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How do sellers benefit from Buy-It-Now prices in eBay auctions?
Grebe, Tim; Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta; Kröger, Sabine - 2019
We investigate experimentally on eBay how sellers set prices in "Buy-It-Now" (BIN) auctions. We find that the eBay format leads to prices substantially below those expected in second-price auctions. Moreover, our results reveal that the information available on eBay about buyer experience and...
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Designing contests between heterogeneous contestants : an experimental studie of tie-breaks and bid-caps in all-pay Auctions
Llorente-Saguer, Aniol; Sheremeta, Roman M.; Szech, Nora - 2020
Contests are well-established mechanisms for political lobbying, innovation, rentseeking, incentivizing workers, and advancing R&D. A well-known theoretical result in the contest literature is that greater heterogeneity decreases investments of contestants because of the "discouragement effect."...
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The demand for punishment to promote cooperation among like-minded people
Bühren, Christoph; Dannenberg, Astrid - 2021
We use an experiment to test the hypothesis that groups consisting of like-minded cooperators are able to cooperate irrespective of punishment and therefore have a lower demand for a costly punishment institution than groups of like-minded free riders, who are unable to cooperate without...
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The impact of fake reviews on reputation systems and efficiency
Krügel, Jan Philipp; Paetzel, Fabian - 2021
Online interactions are frequently governed by reputation systems that allow users to evaluate each other after an interaction. Effective reputation systems can increase trust and may improve efficiency in market settings. In recent years, however, fake reviews have become increasingly...
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Biases in belief reports
Bauer, Dominik; Wolff, Irenaeus - 2021 - This version: 11th January, 2021
Belief elicitation is important in many different felds of economic research. We show that how a researcher elicits such beliefs-in particular, whether the belief is about the participant's opponent, an unrelated other, or the population of others-affects the processes involved in the formation...
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Promoting structured participation for competitiveness in services companies
García-Arca, Jesús; Prado-Prado, J. Carlos; … - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 11 (2018) 2, pp. 196-206
Purpose: To identify the main drivers that facilitate the successful deployment of a participation program aimed at … participation programs. Findings: From the case studies analysis, we conclude that participation can successfully improve a company … identify some gaps in aspects such as, the extension of participation throughout the company, the methodology adopted in the …
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