Expectations are a key element of strategic environments, accordingly in all competitive situations. As it has already been shown that men's performance in current competitions is affected by the strength of expected future opponents, we investigate whether women are overshadowed by future...

Since the third phase of the European Emission Trading system, sectors that are classified as carbon leakage risky receive all allowances for free up to a specific benchmark. In contrast, sectors that are not classified as being at risk, face an increasing share of allowances that are needed to...

Firms increasingly publish information about their sustainability in annual reports and on products. However, it is unclear which information induces pro-environmental behavior most effectively. In an experiment, we compare the effect of carbon display in kilograms, abatement costs, and social...

Competitions often serve to identify the most capable individual or increase overall effort in corporations and sports. Whether to provide individuals with (ranking) information in such a context is an intriguing question. We investigate individuals' competitive behavior under different degrees...

We investigate how the transparency of selecting an agent affects the agent’s reciprocal behavior. In a modified gift-exchange game, agents either receive information about having (not) been selected or receive no such information at all, which allows to analyze reciprocity of agents who were...

In a lab experiment, we investigate whether social information can improve the accuracy of self-assessments of relative performance. In particular, we compare the effectiveness of di erent types of social information: subjects either learn their close peers' (i) average absolute performance,...

In a lab experiment, we investigate whether social information can improve the accuracy of self-assessments of relative performance. In particular, we compare the effectiveness of different types of social information: subjects either learn their close peers' (i) average absolute performance,...

We investigate how the transparency of selecting an agent for a task affects the agent's reciprocal behavior. In a laboratory experiment, we conduct a gift-exchange game with a random move representing the chance that a selected agent may not be available. We vary the transparency of the...