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Threat and Punishment in Public Good Experiments
Masclet, David; Noussair, Charles; Villeval, Marie Claire - HAL - 2010
punishment, so that they increase overall welfare ? We report an experiment in which players can issue non-binding threats to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790708
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The Ratio Bias Phenomenon : Fact or Artifact ?
Lefebvre, Mathieu; Vieider, Ferdinand; Villeval, … - HAL - 2011
The ratio bias––according to which individuals prefer to bet on probabilities expressed as a ratio of large numbers to normatively equivalent or superior probabilities expressed as a ratio of small numbers––has recently gained momentum, with researchers especially in health economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790744
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Performance Pay, Sorting and Social Motivation
Eriksson, Tor; Villeval, Marie Claire - HAL - 2008
Variable pay links pay and performance but may also help firms in attracting more productive employees. Our experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790841
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Effort and Comparison Income : Survey and Experimental Evidence
Clark, Andrew; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie-Claire - HAL - 2006
This paper combines ISSP survey data and experimental evidence from a gift-exchange game to determine the effect of status or relative income on work effort. We find a strong effect of others' incomes on individual effort decisions in both datasets. The individual's rank in the income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790979
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Cheating, Emotions, and Rationality: An Experiment on Tax Evasion
Coricelli, Giorgio; Joffily, Matteus; Montmarquette, Claude - HAL - 2010
investigate the relationships between emotions, deception, and rational decision-making by means of an experiment on tax evasion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791088
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Respect as an Incentive
Eriksson, Tor; Villeval, Marie Claire - HAL - 2010
-exchange experiment, the employer can express respect by giving the employee costly symbolic rewards after observing his level of effort …. This experiment sheds light on the extent to which symbolic rewards are used, how they affect employees' further effort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791232
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Incentive Effects on Risk Attitude in Small Probability Prospects
Lefebvre, Mathieu; Vieider, Ferdinand; Villeval, … - HAL - 2009
prospects in a laboratory experiment. Under low stakes, we find the typical risk seeking behavior for small probabilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791266
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Competition, Hidden information, and Efficiency: an Experiment
Cabrales, Antonio; Charness, Gary - HAL - 2006
We devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of competition on optimal contracts in a hidden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791535
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Other-Regarding Preferences and Performance Pay - An Experiment on Incentives and Sorting
Eriksson, Tor; Villeval, Marie-Claire - HAL - 2004
experiment that analyzes the influence of other-regarding preferences on sorting and incentives. Experimental evidence shows that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791578
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Tax Evasion: Cheating Rationally or Deciding Emotionally?
Coricelli, Giorgio; Joffily, Matteus; Montmarquette, Claude - HAL - 2007
experiment shows that emotional arousal, measured by Skin Conductance Responses, increases in the proportion of evaded taxes. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791639