Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 180
Cover Image
Efficient contracting and fair play in a simple principal-agent experiment
Anderhub, Vital; Gächter, Simon; Königstein, Manfred - Sonderforschungsbereich 373, Quantifikation und … - 1999
our experiments many contracts proposed by principals are 'incentive compatible' and most agents behave optimally given … contracts' and that (ii) given acceptance, their effort choices are to some extent driven by reciprocity. It seems that contract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010983718
Cover Image
Efficient contracting and fair play in a simple principal-agent experiment
Anderhub, Vital; Gächter, Simon; Königstein, Manfred - 1999
our experiments many contracts proposed by principals are 'incentive compatible' and most agents behave optimally given … contracts' and that (ii) given acceptance, their effort choices are to some extent driven by reciprocity. It seems that contract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010310017
Cover Image
Conditional Cooperation and Betrayal Aversion
Cubitt, Robin; Gächter, Simon; Quercia, Simone - 2015
We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods game to classify subjects by type of contribution preference and by belief about the contributions of others; and we measure betrayal aversion for different categories of subject....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307454
Cover Image
Conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion
Cubitt, Robin; Gächter, Simon; Quercia, Simone - 2015
We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods game to classify subjects by type of contribution preference and by belief about the contributions of others; and we measure betrayal aversion for different categories of subject....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444288
Cover Image
Conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion
Cubitt, Robin P.; Gächter, Simon; Quercia, Simone - 2015
We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods game to classify subjects by type of contribution preference and by belief about the contributions of others; and we measure betrayal aversion for different categories of subject....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300140
Cover Image
Conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion
Cubitt, Robin P.; Gächter, Simon; Quercia, Simone - 2015
We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods game to classify subjects by type of contribution preference and by belief about the contributions of others; and we measure betrayal aversion for different categories of subject....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308480
Cover Image
Conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion
Cubitt, Robin P.; Gächter, Simon; Quercia, Simone - 2015
We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods game to classify subjects by type of contribution preference and by belief about the contributions of others; and we measure betrayal aversion for different categories of subject....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011298544
Cover Image
Do Incentive Contracts Crowd Out Voluntary Cooperation?
Fehr, Ernst; Gächter, Simon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
economists. In our experiments the crowding-out effect is so strong that the incentive contracts are less efficient than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791866
Cover Image
Efficient Contracting and Fair Play in a Simple Principal-Agent Experiment
Anderhub, Vital; Gächter, Simon; Königstein, Manfred - In: Experimental Economics 5 (2002) 1, pp. 5-27
contractual flexibility allows us to study incentive compatibility simultaneously with issues of 'fair sharing' and reciprocity …' and reciprocity. In contrast to other incentive devices studied in the literature, the incentives are 'reciprocity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005711663
Cover Image
Leaders as role models and "belief managers" in social dilemmas
Gächter, Simon; Renner, Elke - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 154 (2018), pp. 321-334
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986845