This experimental study investigates the use of audits as a control instrument in capital budgeting processes and factors that contribute to audit efficiency (or inefficiency) in a repeated relationship. We disentangle reputation aspects of superiors and subordinates from an increased social...

We investigate whether and under which conditions top management uses or commits to not use new information when deciding about intra-year bonus target revisions, and how this use or non-use of information varies contingent on firms’ organizational design. First, we analyze whether firms’...

This study investigates whether the effect of managerial discretion over team members' compensation on team performance depends on task interdependence. Task interdependence reflects the degree to which the increase in team performance resulting from a team member's effort depends on the efforts...