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Signals from on high and the power of growth mindset: a natural field experiment in attracting minorities to high-profile positions
Flory, Jeffrey A.; Leibbrandt, Andreas; Rott, Christina; … - 2021
We conduct a large-scale natural field experiment with a Fortune 500 company to test several approaches to attract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518226
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Reveal it or conceal it: on the value of second opinions in a low-entry-barriers credence goods market
Bindra, Parampreet Christopher; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - 2020
field experiment in the market for computer repairs. We find that revealing a second opinion from another expert to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269649
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The impact of psychological traits on performance in sequential tournaments : evidence from a tennis field experiment
Bühren, Christoph; Steinberg, Philip J. - 2017
, we conducted a tennis field experiment. In the experiment, we also varied the payment schemes (individual, team …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585854
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Increasing workplace diversity : evidence from a recruiting experiment at a Fortune 500 company
Flory, Jeffrey A.; Leibbrandt, Andreas; Rott, Christina; … - 2018 - This version: April 11, 2018
experiment to test several hypotheses on effective means to attract minority candidates for top professional careers. By randomly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845279
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Sorting, incentives and risk preferences : evidence from a field experiment
Bellemare, Charles (contributor);  … - 2006
The, often observed, positive correlation between incentive intensity and risk has been explained in two ways: the presence of transaction costs as determinants of contracts and the sorting of risk-tolerant individuals into firms using high-intensity incentive contracts. The empirical importance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355557
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Testing enforcement strategies in the field : legal threat, moral appeal and social information
Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; Traxler, Christian - 2009
We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law …. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887177
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Disentangling the sources of pro-social behavior in the workplace : a field experiment
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2009
This paper presents evidence from a field experiment, which aims to identify the two sources of worker's pro … any of the treatments. -- pro-social behavior ; field experiment ; effort ; charitable donations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872816
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Lab experiments are a major source of knowledge in the social sciences
Falk, Armin; Heckman, James J. - 2009
Laboratory experiments are a widely used methodology for advancing causal knowledge in the physical and life sciences. With the exception of psychology, the adoption of laboratory experiments has been much slower in the social sciences, although during the last two decades, the use of lab...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899889
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Lab experiments are a major source of knowledge in the social sciences
Falk, Armin; Heckman, James J. - 2009
Laboratory experiments are a widely used methodology for advancing causal knowledge in the physical and life sciences. With the exception of psychology, the adoption of laboratory experiments has been much slower in the social sciences, although during the last two decades, the use of lab...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909477
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Free riding in the lab and in the field
Englmaier, Florian; Gebhardt, Georg - 2010
We run a public good experiment in the field and in the lab with (partly) the same subjects. The field experiment is a … true natural field experiment as subjects do not know that they are exposed to an experimental variation. We can show that … subjects' behavior in the classic lab public good experiment correlates with their behavior in the structurally comparable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008823173