We study a multi-task principal-agent problem in which tasks can be in directconflict with each other. In theory, it is difficult to induce a single agent toexert efforts in two conflicting tasks, because effort in one task decreases thesuccess probability of the other task. We have conducted an...

The authors investigated how the presence or absence of monetary incentives in a prisoner’sdilemma game may influence research outcomes. Specifically, the predictive power of the BigFive personality traits on decisions in an incentivized (N = 60) or hypothetical (N = 60)prisoner’s dilemma...

The substantial aim of this paper is to integrate the main idea of 'Pygmalion' orself-fullling prophecy research (Rosenthal and Jacobson, 1968; Jussim and Har-ber, 2005) into the general subjective expected utility framework about inequalityin educational opportunities (Breen and Goldthorpe, 1997;...

Do groups and individuals behave differently in dictator games with varying deservingness of the recipient? Does the involvement in group-decision making affect the decisions of group members in subsequent individual decisions? We address these questions using a controlled dictator-game...

Der Beitrag präsentiert die Ergebnisse einer fortlaufenden Unternehmensbefragung im Rahmen des German Business Panels zu den betriebswirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Ukrainekriegs. Die derzeitigen Entwicklungen belasten den Ausblick deutscher Unternehmen und führen zu Zurückhaltung bei...

We study tax compliance in Slovenia using data generated in a field experiment. Small accounting companies were randomly assigned to an untreated control group and two treatment groups. Companies in the first treatment group received a letter that highlighted the importance of paying taxes and...

We study a field experiment on tax compliance in Slovenia. Small accounting companies were randomly assigned to an untreated control group and two treatment groups. Companies in the first treatment group received a letter that highlighted the importance of paying taxes and informed about the...

The standard labor-supply literature typically assumes that the labor supply response to wage increases is the same as that for equivalent wage decreases. However, evidence from the behavioral-economics literature suggests that people are loss averse and thus perceive losses differently than...