We study transparency and reputation in a stylized investment game in which two senders interact with a receiver in a linear network. We analyse how ex-ante information (compatible with receiver’s reputation building) and ex-post information (making the receiver’s decisions transparent) make...

Feedback interventions are considered a promising instrument to promoteenergy conservation among households and thus, to mitigate climate change. Need. However,it remains unclear whether their effectiveness can be increased by incentivizing thepursuit of energy-savings goals. In this paper, we...

In this paper, we examine labor market favoritism in a unique laboratory experiment design that can shed light on both the private benefits and spillover costs of employer favoritism (or discrimination). Group identity is induced on subjects such that each laboratory "society"consists of eight...

Pay-for-performance attempts to tie physician payment to quality of care. In a controlled laboratory experiment, we investigate the effect of pay-for-performance on physician provision behavior and patient benefit. For that purpose, we compare a traditional fee-for-service payment system to a...