Le contrôle est l'un des instruments majeur de répression des activités illégales. Cette dimension est intégrée aux analyses économiques du crime sous la forme d'une probabilité de détection et fondée seulement sur l'aversion au risque. La psychologie cognitive montre que la perception...

Monitoring is typically included in economic models of crime thanks to a probability of detection, constant across individuals. We build on recent results in psychology to argue that comparative optimism deeply affects this standard relation. To this matter, we introduce an experiment involving...

Le contrôle est l'un des instruments majeur de répression des activités illégales. Cette dimension est intégrée aux analyses économiques du crime sous la forme d'une probabilité de détection et fondée seulement sur l'aversion au risque. La psychologie cognitive montre que la perception...

We use a laboratory experiment to study how perceptions of skill influence teamwork. Our design is based on Gervais and Goldstein (2007) theory of teams. Team output is increasing in skill and in effort, skill and effort are complements, and workers' effort choices are complements. An...

Monitoring is typically included in economic models of crime thanks to a probability of detection, constant across individuals. We build on recent results in psychology to argue that comparative optimism deeply affects this standard relation. To this matter, we introduce an experiment involving...

Although expensive, monitoring is the most efficient mean to repress a criminal activity. This is typically included in economic models of crime thanks to a probability of detection, and only based on risk aversion. According to recent results in psychology literature, the perception of this...

We use a laboratory experiment to study how perceptions of skill influence teamwork. Our design is based on Gervais and Goldstein (2007) theory of teams. Team output is increasing in skill and in effort, skill and effort are complements, and workers’ effort choices are complements. An...

Over the past few decades behavioral economics and experimental economics have received increasing attention among economists. In this paper, we show how laboratory experiments provide useful tools for the evaluation of labor market programs. We present a general framework and two examples to...

L’économie comportementale et l’économie expérimentale ont connu un formidable essor au cours des dernières décennies. L’objectif de cet article est de présenter, au travers d’un cadre général d’analyse et d’exemples d’applications, l’intérêt de l’économie...

This paper reports the results of an experiment on how team composition influences both the contract offer of employers and employee performance when a revenue-sharing scheme is introduced. Experimental evidence shows that the principal ceases trying to monitor her team through a contract offer...