Rewards. This novel rule is fundamentally different from the one that has attracted most attention in the literature, Deferred …

employee after she has inspected the employee. We find that rewards or sanctions can both discourage shirking, and have similar … and the efficiency gains accrue to employers. In games allowing rewards employers actively reward employees for working … and the efficiency gains are shared more equitably. A treatment where employers can combine sanctions and rewards leads to …

monitors'). We review the literature on the relative merits of punishment and rewards when the distribution of incentive power …Recent work in experimental economics on the effectiveness of rewards and punishments for promoting cooperation mainly … evidence showing how concentrating reward/punishment power in one group member affects cooperation. …

/or rewards following an inspection, we find that both instruments are equally effective in reducing shirking and increasing joint … earnings. When employers have discretion to reward and/or sanction independently of whether they inspect we find that rewards … are more effective than sanctions. In treatments where employers can combine sanctions and rewards employers rely mainly …

employee after she has inspected the employee. We find that rewards or sanctions can both discourage shirking, and have similar … and the efficiency gains accrue to employers. In games allowing rewards employers actively reward employees for working … and the efficiency gains are shared more equitably. A treatment where employers can combine sanctions and rewards leads to …

/or rewards following an inspection, we find that both instruments are equally effective in reducing shirking and increasing joint … earnings. When employers have discretion to reward and/or sanction independently of whether they inspect we find that rewards … are more effective than sanctions. In treatments where employers can combine sanctions and rewards employers rely mainly …

responsible behavior, either through positive/reward tactics or negative/punishment tactics. This paper considers how investors … creating a socially responsible investment fund (reward contest) or punish firms via shareholder activism (punishment contest …). We identify conditions under which the punishment contest induces a higher level of CSR activity among firms compared to …