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293 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1661
From Team Spirit to Jealousy: The Pitfalls of Too Much Transparency
Alexander K. Koch, Albrecht Morgenstern
substantially revised version available as 'Coordination under the Shadow of Career Concerns', IZA DP No. 4039
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1644
Do Financial Bonuses to Employees Reduce Their Absenteeism? Outcome of a Lottery
Wolter Hassink, Pierre Koning
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2009, 62 (3), 327 - 342
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1643
Optimal Incentive Contracts under Inequity Aversion
Florian Englmaier, Achim Wambach
published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2010, 69 (2), 312-328
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1617
Parental Leave – A Policy Evaluation of the Swedish "Daddy-Month" Reform
John Ekberg, Rickard Eriksson, Guido Friebel
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97, 131-143
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1423
On the Notion of Responsibility in Organizations
Dirk Sliwka
published in: Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2006, 22(2), 523-547
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1405
An Experimental Test of Career Concerns
Alexander K. Koch, Albrecht Morgenstern, Philippe Raab
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 72 (1), 571-588
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1402
The Dispersion of Employees’ Wage Increases and Firm Performance
Christian Grund, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen
revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (4), 485-501
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1356
Performance Measure Properties and Incentives
Michael Gibbs, Kenneth A. Merchant, Wim A. Van der Stede, Mark A. Vargus
published in: Industrial Relations, 2009, 48(2), 237-264
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1321
Is Seniority-Based Pay Used as a Motivation Device? Evidence from Plant Level Data
Alberto Bayo-Moriones, Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez, Maia Güell
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2010, 30, 155-187
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1270
Emotions and Incentives
Matthias Kräkel
published as 'Emotions in tournaments' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 67 (1), 204 - 214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1203
Distrust – The Hidden Cost of Control
Armin Falk, Michael Kosfeld
published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (5), 1611 - 1630
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1193
Deferred Compensation and Gift Exchange: An Experimental Investigation into Multi-Period Labor Markets
Steffen Huck, Andrew Seltzer, Brian Wallace
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 819-843
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1191
Other-Regarding Preferences and Performance Pay – An Experiment on Incentives and Sorting
Tor Eriksson, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Performance-pay, sorting and social motivation ' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (2), 412-421.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1146
The Effect of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards: Evidence from a School-Centered Randomized Trial
Joshua Angrist, Victor Lavy
published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (4), 1384-1414
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1143
High Compensation Creates a Ratchet Effect
Hans Gersbach, Amihai Glazer
published in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (539), 1208 - 1224
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1057
Redesigning Teams and Incentives in a Merger: An Experiment with Managers and Students
Claude Montmarquette, Jean-Louis Rullière, Marie Claire Villeval, Romain Zeiliger
revised version published in: Management Science, 2004, 50 (10), 1379-1389.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 947
Potential, Prizes and Performance: Testing Tournament Theory with Professional Tennis Data
Uwe Sunde
substantially revised version published as 'Heterogeneity and Performance in Tournaments: A Test for Incentive Effect using Professional Tennis Data' in: Applied Economics, 2010, 41 (25), 3199-3208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 856
Management Incentives, Signaling Effects and the Costs of Vertical Integration
Dirk Sliwka
published in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 2004, 74 (1), 27-52
IZA Discussion Paper No. 855
Career Concerns in a Simple Experimental Labour Market
Bernd Irlenbusch, Dirk Sliwka
published in: European Economic Review, 2006, 50 (1), 147-170
IZA Discussion Paper No. 844
On the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes
Dirk Sliwka
revised version published as IZA DP 2293 and in: American Economic Review, 2007, 97 (3), 999 - 1012
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