We introduce a concept of emotions that emerge when workers compare their own performance with a given standard or with … the performances of co-workers. Assuming heterogeneity among the workers the interplay of emotions and incentives is … identify certain conditions under which emotions lead to additional incentives and under which the employer benefits from …

cooperators relieve negative emotions when they punish free riders. In response, the free-riders experience negative emotions when …

puzzle. In this paper, we investigate the role of emotions as a possible explanation of tax compliance. Our laboratory … experiment shows that emotional arousal, measured by Skin Conductance Responses, increases in the proportion of evaded taxes. The … perspective of punishment after an audit, especially when the pictures of the evaders are publicly displayed, also raises emotions …

could not be understood or they study emotions out of interest for the emotion itself. While some analyses display a strong … utility theory. Beyond feelings, economic theorists use full-fledged specific emotions to explain behavior that otherwise … psychological approaches to emotion research. Ways how to reduce this gap are discussed. …

How do emotions affect policy views on immigration? How do they influence the way people process and respond to factual … information? We address these questions using a survey experiment in Italy, which randomly exposes around 7,000 participants to (i … theft. Consistent with a causal role of emotions, we find that the rape news triggers a stronger emotional reaction than the …

cooperators relieve negative emotions when they punish free riders. In response, the free-riders experience negative emotions when …

If choices depend on the decision maker's mood, is the attempt to derive any consistency in choice doomed? In this …

status and the level of education of the head of the household both affect remittances. The decision to participate in the …