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"Making it count" : evidence from a field experiment on assessment rules, study incentives and student performance ; conference paper
Chevalier, Arnaud; Dolton, Peter J.; Luehrmann, Melanie - 2013
This paper examines field experiment in which we encourage the use of computer-based tests (quizzes) through a set of … non-financial incentives and test their effect on effort and performance of students. Our identification strategy exploits … cross-cohort experimental variation in assessment rules and within course variation in incentives to determine their impact …
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Multitasking and the benefits of objective performance measurement : evidence from a field experiment ; conference paper
Manthei, Kathrin; Sliwka, Dirk - 2013 - Preliminary version
We examine the benefits of objective performance measurement in a field experiment conducted in a retail bank. At the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338944
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Intertemporal effort provision in sequential tournaments : conference paper
Klein, Arnd Heinrich; Schmutzler, Armin - 2013
This paper analyzes intertemporal effort provision in two-stage tournaments. A principal with a fixed budget for prizes faces two risk-neutral agents. He observes noisy signals of effort in both periods. His goal is to maximize either total efforts (perfect substitutes) or the product of first-...
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Relative performance of liability rules : experimental evidence
Angelova, Vera; Armantier, Olivier; Attanasi, Giuseppe; … - In: Theory and decision : an international journal for … 77 (2014) 4, pp. 531-556
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Financial work incentives for disability benefit recipients : lessons from a randomized field experiment ; [conference paper]
Bütler, Monika; Deuchert, Eva; Lechner, Michael; … - 2014 - This draft: 1/15/2014, Preliminary draft
Disabled insurance (DI) beneficiaries lose benefits if labor incomes exceed certain thresholds (so called cash-cliffs ). The high implicit taxation of employment income is considered one of the prime reasons for the low outflow from the disability insurance. This paper presents the results of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487278
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How do non-monetary performance incentives for physicians affect the quality of medical care? : a laboratory experiment ; conference paper
Kairies-Schwarz, Nadja; Krieger, Miriam - 2014
implemented simultaneously. We use a controlled laboratory experiment to isolate the impact of non-monetary performance incentives …In recent years, several countries have introduced non-monetary performance incentives for health care providers to … improve the quality of medical care. Evidence on the effect of non-monetary feedback incentives, predominantly in the form of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010489953
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Labor demand for senior employees in the context of early retirement : conference paper
Amann, Erwin; Marczok, Yvonne Maria - 2013
incentives to the worker in the light of generous early retirement opportunities. The sociological literature on the other hand … decrease of the incentives to retire early, e.g. by a raise in the average effective retirement age, need not necessarily harm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342244
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Buy-it-Now prices in eBay auctions : the field in the lab ; conference paper
Grebe, Tim; Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta; Kröger, Sabine - 2014
In eBay s Buy-it-Now auctions sellers can post prices at which buyers can purchase a good prior to an auction. We study how sellers set Buy-it-Now prices when buyers have independent private values for a single object for sale. We test the predictions of a model by combining the real auction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491157
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Strive to be first and avoid being last : an experiment on relative performance incentives ; conference paper
Dutcher, E. Glenn; Balafoutas, Loukas; Lindner, Florian; … - 2013
and punishment. We test the model s predictions in a laboratory experiment and find that the combination of reward and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340563
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An experimental study of precautionary bidding : conference paper
Kocher, Martin; Pahlke, Julius; Trautmann, Stefan T. - 2013
Auctions often involve goods exhibiting a common knowledge ex-post risk. Precautionary bidding predicts that under expected utility, ex-post risk leads DARA bidders to reduce their bids by more than the appropriate risk premium. Because the degree of riskiness of the good, and bidders risk...
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