Awards unbundled: Evidence from a natural field experiment

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-63

  Ashraf, Nava ^a   Bandiera, Oriana ^b   Lee, Scott S ^c  

^a HBS and NBER   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Awards; Incentives; Optimal expectations; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894681736     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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