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incentives, such as winning a prize, generate a threefold increase in participation compared to non-pecuniary incentives alone … organization consisting of a combination of pecuniary and altruistic incentives associated with the mission of the organization …
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Project READS, we test whether responsiveness to incentives is positively or negatively related to the student's baseline …For whom and under what conditions do incentives work in education? In the context of a summer reading program called … baseline were more responsive to incentives, suggesting that incentives may not effectively target the students whose behavior …
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relationships and on how firms provide incentives to employees. This literature has been very successful in generating models and …
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financial incentives in attracting a larger and more qualified pool of applicants, (ii) the elasticity of the labor supply …
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framed”—prepaid then clawed back if targets are unmet. We test this claim in a large-scale field experiment. Holding … financial incentives fixed, we randomized the pre- or post-payment of sales bonuses at 294 car dealerships. Prepayment was … theoretically, that negative effects of loss framing can arise due to an increase in incentives for “gaming” behaviors. Based on …
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generates incentives (good and bad), introduces assorted risks, and affects the various battles that rage among the relevant …
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Routine - maintaining the same schedule from day to day - saves time. It is also boring and inherently undesirable. As such, the amount of routine a person engages in is partly an economic outcome, with variations in routine generated by variations in the price of time, household income and the...
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Using a unique longitudinal representative survey of both manufacturing and non-manufacturing businesses in the United States during the 1990's, I examine the incidence and intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with investments in organizational innovation. Past...
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When the mortality rate is high, repeated interaction alone may not sustain cooperation, and religion may play an important role in shaping economic institutions. This insight explains why during the fourteenth century, when plagues decimated populations and the church promoted the doctrine of...
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What makes a good leader? A good leader is able to coordinate his followers around a credible mission statement, which communicates the future course of action of the organization. In practice, leaders learn about the best course of action for the organization over time. While learning helps...
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