In this paper we show that subtle forms of deceit undermine the effectiveness of incentives. We design an experiment in … level that prevails in the absence of any feedback. Thus, both no feedback and truthful feedback are better for incentives …

In this paper we show that subtle forms of deceit undermine the effectiveness of incentives. We design an experiment in … level that prevails in the absence of any feedback. Thus, both no feedback and truthful feedback are better for incentives …

In many organizational contexts, managers might have self-serving incentives whereby giving high evaluations to … employees comes at the expense of their own payoff. In this study, I examine the impact of managers’ self-serving incentives on …-serving incentives collect less information than managers with no self-serving incentives. When managers do collect all available …

effects as incentives exceed those used in prior research. First, dishonesty increases and reaches its maximum as rewards …