Gift Exchange within a Firm:Evidence from a Field Experiment

We present results from a field experiment testing the gift-exchange hypothesis inside a treeplantingfirm paying its workforce incentive contracts. Firm managers told a crew of treeplanters they would receive a pay raise for one day as a result of a surplus not attributable topast planting productivity...

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Year of publication:	2007-03-01
Authors:	Bellemare, Charles ; Shearer, Bruce
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Experiment \| Experiments \| Motivation \| Gegenseitigkeit \| reciprocity

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Extent:	248832 bytes 30 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 2696 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	C93 - Field Experiments ; J33 - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods ; M52 - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects (stock options, fringe benefits, incentives, family support programs) ; Management and organisation. Other aspects ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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