Early studies often found that offering economic incentives for undertaking prosocial and intrinsically motivated … related to whether crowding out (or substitution) is likely to occur. In many cases, incentives succeed in encouraging more … prosocial behavior and are also cost-effective. However, although the substitution of external incentives for intrinsic …

Early studies often found that offering economic incentives for undertaking prosocial and intrinsically motivated … related to whether crowding out (or substitution) is likely to occur. In many cases, incentives succeed in encouraging more … prosocial behavior and are also cost-effective. However, although the substitution of external incentives for intrinsic …

how the traditional incentives’ mechanisms are modified in a non-profit setting. In particular, market, reputational and … ideological incentives are considered. The analysis highlights that new governance rules are necessary. In this context a new … financial model is analyzed where the competition between for-profit and non-profit firms is extended from the products level to …

piece-rate scheme, individuals in a winner-takes-all competition are significantly less cooperative in the public goods game …. A lottery treatment, where the winner is decided by luck, has the same effect. In a competition treatment with feedback …

competition depends crucially on whether performance is measured in terms of profits or in terms of profit margins …

taking social preferences into account, it is not possible to understand adequately (i) the effects of competition on market … outcomes, (ii) laws governing cooperation and collective action, (iii) effects and the determinants of material incentives, (iv …