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Social comparison in the workplace: Evidence from a field experiment

Cohn, Alain; Fehr, Ernst; Herrmann, Benedikt; … - 2011

We conducted a randomized field experiment to examine how workers respond to wage cuts, and whether their response depends on the wages paid to coworkers. Workers were assigned to teams of two, performed identical individual tasks, and received the same performance-independent hourly wage....

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Land acquisition for industrialization and compensation of displaced farmers

Ghatak, Maitreesh; Mookherjee, Dilip - 2011

This paper addresses the question of how farmers displaced by acquisition of agricultural land for the purpose of industrialization ought to be compensated. Prior to acquisition, the farmers are leasing in land from a landlord, either a private owner or a local government. There are three sets...

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Retribución variable para equipos de ventas: ¿es la teoría de costes de transacción un marco válido para diseñar sistemas de incentivos eficaces?

Verano Tacoronte, D.; Melián González, S.; García … - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 12 (2006) 2, pp. 35-54

compensation because it identifies a set of theoretical constructs for determining the appropriate balance between these components …. However, there is no evidence on the performance impact of a compensation plan designed on the theoretical basis of TCA. This … the relationship between the compensation design and the company and salesforce performance. Our results permit us to …

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How unjust! An experimental investigation of supervisors' evaluation errors and agents' incentives

Marchegiani, Lucia; Reggiani, Tommaso; Rizzolli, Matteo - 2011

In our simple model the supervisor: i) cannot observe the agent's effort; ii) aims at inducing the agent to exert high effort; but iii) can only offer rewards based on performance. Since performance is only stochastically related to effort, evaluation errors may occur. In particular, deserving...

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What can we learn from privately held firms about executive compensation?

Cole, Rebel A.; Mehran, Hamid - 2008

This study examines the determinants of CEO compensation using data from a nationally representative sample of …

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Empirical approaches to inequality of opportunity: Principles, measures, and evidence

Ramos, Xavi; Van de Gaer, Dirk - 2012

We put together the different conceptual issues involved in measuring inequality of opportunity, discuss how these concepts have been translated into computable measures, and point out the problems and choices researchers face when implementing these measures. Our analysis identifies and...

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The determinants of stock option compensation: Evidence from Finland

Jones, Derek C.; Kalmi, Panu; Mäkinen, Mikko - 2004

characteristics and stock market developments influence the adoption and targeting of stock option compensation. Stock option adoption … more likely to use stock option compensation; (ii) share returns from the past year affect the adoption of targeted stock …

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Employee stock options

Børsum, Øystein - 2010

tied to firm performance, because only a worker in a good quality firm would be willing to defer compensation to an … to defer compensation to an uncertain future, getting paid only if the firm succeeds. Moreover, in an important pooling …

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Cheating in the workplace: An experimental study of the impact of bonuses and productivity

Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L.; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2012

workplace cheating. Firms often use bonus-based compensation plans, such as group bonuses and firm-wide profit sharing, that … induce considerable uncertainty in how much workers are paid. Exposing workers to a compensation scheme based on random … employer's compensation scheme. …

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Recent longitudinal evidence of size and union threat effects across genders

Wunnava, Phanindra V. - 2012

components of the compensation structure, unions should not treat both genders similarly with respect to wages and benefits. …

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