Awards as Incentives

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Non-monetary incentives in the form of awards have so far escaped the attention of economists despite their widespread use. This paper presents an experiment conducted online at IBM to assess the impact of these kinds of extrinsic incentives. Introducing a hypothetical award has statistically significant effects on stated contributions to a public good. Our design allows the estimation of the impact of different award characteristics related to, for example, how public or how valuable the award is. We illustrate these findings by providing predictions about the behavior induced by a new award at IBM.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CREMA Working Paper ; No. 2008-31

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Design of Experiments: Other ; Compensation Packages; Payment Methods ; Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
• Subject: incentives ; non-monetary compensation ; awards ; motivation ; experiment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Neckermann, Susanne ; Frey, Bruno S.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)
• (where): Basel
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/214425
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