Monitoring is typically included in economic models of crime thanks to a probability of detection, constant across individuals. We build on recent results in psychology to argue that comparative optimism deeply affects this standard relation. To this matter, we introduce an experiment involving...

Over the past few decades behavioral economics and experimental economics have received increasing attention among economists. In this paper, we show how laboratory experiments provide useful tools for the evaluation of labor market programs. We present a general framework and two examples to...

[eng] When collective agreements apply to all unionised and non-unionised employees , what is the rationale behind joining a union ? The paper presents an experiment on a two-stage game . In the first stage , the decision to join a union is modelled as a voluntary contribution to a public good ....

[eng] Neuroeconomics in the Behavioral Economics Agendum. . The behavioral economics was successful and this success was increasing firstly due to the development of the experiments in economics. The pursuit of this success appears to have a lot to be bet on the perspectives opened by...

[fre] Dans un contexte de sélection contraire, il est étudié, à partir d’un protocole expérimental, l’intensité et l'efficacité d’une politique de contrôle comme instrument de filtrage dans la relation de financement de long terme entre un investisseur (Principal) et un...

This paper reports the results of an experiment on how team heterogeneity in terms of productivity influences both the revenue sharing proposed by the principal to the team and the employees' performance. Experimental evidence shows that when the team is heterogeneous, the principal does not try...

After a merger, company officials face the challenge of making compensation schemes uniform and of redesigning teams with managers from companies with different incentives, work habits, and recruiting methods. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between executive pay and performance...