This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory … experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … productivity. Information on the opponent is a promising nudge to raise individuals' awareness towards the complexity of the …

This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different pay and relative performance information policies on … employee effort. We explore three information policies: No feedback about relative performance, feedback given halfway through … off. Moreover, in both pay schemes information feedback reduces the quality of the low performers' work. …

repeated negative institutional shocks and how such shocks influence the development of an information matrix as well as the … transmission of information across time and generations. We show that African-Americans who were less likely to be influenced by … negative institutional shocks and the information stock created from these experiences, have similar self-employment rates to …

beliefs; (ii) whether this bias would disappear for weight and height, when the information is perfectly available. We find a … information is readily available as in height and weight. We present evidence from our experiment that limited attention and self …

vary. The experiment implements two marginal return types, low and high, and uses the information that members have about … information structure when persons with different abilities contribute to a joint project, as in the context of teamwork or …

, restrictions on purchase and use, providing information and restricting advertising. The chapter concludes with suggestions for …

under imperfect information, these findings are consistent with Indonesia citizens over-estimating the net gains from …

outcomes. We proxy occupational knowledge with mandatory visits to job information centers (JICs) in Germany while still … the comprehensive information service when they were young. The results suggest that individuals, who went to school in …