Another hidden cost of incentives: The detrimental effect on norm enforcement

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-70

  Fuster, Andreas ^a,b   Meier, Stephan ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental economics; Hidden cost of incentives; Norm enforcement; Prosocial behavior; Public goods

Indexed keywords

DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; FREE-RIDERS; NORM ENFORCEMENT; PUBLIC GOODS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 74849088395     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1081     Document Type: Article

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