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We investigate the influence of two widespread compensation schemes, individual piece-rates and team incentives, on … pronounced under team incentives than under individual piece-rates, which highlights a so far fairly neglected feature of these …
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We investigate how group boundaries, and the economic environment surrounding groups, affect altruistic cooperation and punishment behavior. Our study uses experiments conducted with 525 officers in the Swiss Army, and exploits random assignment to platoons. We find that, without competition...
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We use a laboratory gift-exchange game to examine decisions made by groups under three different procedures that dictate how group members interact and reach decisions in comparison to individuals acting alone. We find that group decisions do deviate from those of individuals, but the direction...
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coordinate with other teams. We present an experiment with 825 participants, using six different coordination games, where either … differences between individuals and teams using the experience weighted attraction learning model. …
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in quantity and quality of output. We use data from a controlled field experiment that changed the communication of the … tasks. We analyze the effects of the salience of incentives in a team production setting where the principal has an interest …, reduces quality, and increases in-pocket income of team managers. …
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confirmed in a real effort experiment. …
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We present an experiment on strategic thinking and behavior of individuals and teams in one-shot normal-form games … to textbook rationality. Using a mixture model, the estimated probability to play strategically is 62% for teams, but …
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We examine the strategic sophistication of adolescents, aged 10 to 17 years, in experimental normal-form games. Besides making choices, subjects have to state their first- and second-order beliefs. We find that choices are more often a best reply to beliefs if any player has a dominant strategy...
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experiment. In the experiment a principal pays a wage to each of two agents, who then make effort choices sequentially. In our … preferences (Fehr-Schmidt, 1999). As we show from a norms-elicitation experiment, it is also consistent with social norms …
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evidence on their influence on quitting decisions. This paper presents results from an experiment in which participants receive … working conditions causes workers to quit at more similar times. When, and only when, communication is allowed, workers are …
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