We experimentally explore the role of collective incentives in sustaining cooperation in finitely repeated public goods … the positive effect of collective incentives on cooperation …

theory, other theories, and empirical research. The main conclusion is that mechanical rules for performance-related pay are … ; incentive theory …

In experimental investigations of the effect of real incentives, accountability-the implicit or explicit expectation of … incentives themselves. This confounding of accountability with incentives makes causal attributions of any effects found … problematic. We separate accountability and incentives, and find different effects. Accountability is found to reduce preference …