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a unique cross-country data set, we suggest that awards serve as signals. Awards are more prevalent the more difficult …Awards are widespread in all countries and are prevalent both in the public sphere and in the private sector. This … paper argues, and empirically supports, that awards serve public functions and economists should take them seriously. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008672226
a unique cross-country data set, we suggest that awards serve as signals. Awards are more prevalent the more difficult …Awards are widespread in all countries and are prevalent both in the public sphere and in the private sector. This … paper argues, and empirically supports, that awards serve public functions and economists should take them seriously. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682893
a unique cross-country data set, we suggest that awards serve as signals. Awards are more prevalent the more difficult …Awards are widespread in all countries and are prevalent both in the public sphere and in the private sector. This … paper argues, and empirically supports, that awards serve public functions and economists should take them seriously. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727309
We explore theoretically and empirically whether social interaction, including local and global interaction, influences the incidence of corruption. We first present an interaction-based model on corruption that predicts that the level of corruption is positively associated with social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008740319
In social dilemmas, leading a team by making heroic efforts may prove costly, especially if the followers are not adequately motivated to make similar sacrifices. Attempting to understand what motivates these seemingly selfless individuals to lead, we report the results of a two-stage public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822607
This paper considers the effect of status or relative income on work effort, combining experimental evidence from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746495
This paper considers the effect of status or relative income on work effort combining experimental evidence from a gift …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566421
This paper considers the effect of status or relative income on work effort, combining experimental evidence from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005510394
In social dilemmas, leading a team by making heroic efforts may prove costly, especially if the followers are not adequately motivated to make similar sacrifices. Attempting to understand what motivates these seemingly selfless individuals to lead, we report the results of a two-stage public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056850
status or relative income on work effort. We find a strong effect of others’ incomes on individual effort decisions in both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005112715