Search Results - "Irlenbusch, Bernd"

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Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment

by Christine Harbring Bernd Irlenbusch Published in Management science (01.04.2011)

“...Although relative performance schemes are pervasive in organizations, reliable empirical data on induced sabotage behavior are almost nonexistent. We study...”

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The Competitive Advantage of Sanctioning Institutions

by Gurerk, Ozgur Irlenbusch, Bernd Rockenbach, Bettina Published in Science (07.04.2006)

“...Understanding the fundamental patterns and determinants of human cooperation and the maintenance of social order in human societies is a challenge across...”

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Do two bribe less than one? - An experimental study on the four-eyes-principle

by Bodenschatz, Anja Irlenbusch, Bernd Published in Applied economics letters (06.02.2019)

“...We incorporate a four-eyes-mechanism on the briber's side into a bribery game. Our results are mixed. We find no effect of the mechanism in a one-shot setting,...”

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How many winners are good to have? On tournaments with sabotage

by Harbring, Christine Irlenbusch, Bernd Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (2008)

“...From an employer's perspective, a tournament should induce agents to exert productive activities but refrain from destructive ones. We experimentally test the...”

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Strategic ignorance in ultimatum bargaining

by Conrads, Julian Irlenbusch, Bernd Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01.08.2013)

“...•We analyze Schelling's conjecture that ignorance might be strength.•Proposers who are kept ignorant almost always realize their most preferred option.•Using...”

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Lying and team incentives

by Conrads, Julian Irlenbusch, Bernd Rilke, Rainer Michael Walkowitz, Gari Published in Journal of economic psychology (01.02.2013)

“...► We investigate the effect of individual piece-rates and team incentives on lying. ► We adapt the experimental setup of Fischbacher and Heusi (2008). ► Lying...”

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Efficiency Gains from Team-Based Coordination—Large-Scale Experimental Evidence

by Francesco Feri Bernd Irlenbusch Matthias Sutter Published in The American economic review (01.09.2010)

“...The need for efficient coordination is ubiquitous in organizations and industries. The literature on the determinants of efficient coordination has focused on...”

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Designing feedback in voluntary contribution games: the role of transparency

by Irlenbusch, Bernd Irlenbusch, Bernd Rilke, Rainer Michael Rilke, Rainer Michael Walkowitz, Gari Walkowitz, Gari Published in Experimental Economics (15.06.2019)

“...We analyze the effects of limited feedback on beliefs and contributions in a repeated public goods game setting. In a first experiment, we test whether...”

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Moral hypocrisy: impression management or self-deception?

by Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik Irlenbusch, Bernd Walkowitz, Gari Published in Journal of experimental social psychology (01.11.2014)

“...In three studies (S1–S3; N=256) we investigated whether moral hypocrisy (MH) is motivated by conscious impression management concerns or whether it is...”

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Honesty in tournaments

by Conrads, Julian Irlenbusch, Bernd Rilke, Rainer Michael Schielke, Anne Walkowitz, Gari Published in Economics letters (01.04.2014)

“...We apply the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013) to a two-player tournament incentive scheme. Our treatments vary the prize spread...”

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Fooling the Nice Guys: Explaining receiver credulity in a public good game with lying and punishment

by Irlenbusch, Bernd Ter Meer, Janna Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01.09.2013)

“...•Looks at why people believe cheap talk messages of others in a public good setting.•In a public good game, subjects make unverifiable, post hoc contribution...”

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Endogenously Emerging Gender Pay Gap in an Experimental Teamwork Setting

by Gürerk, Özgür Irlenbusch, Bernd Rockenbach, Bettina Published in Games (05.12.2018)

“...We studied gender diversity and performance in endogenously formed teams in a repeated teamwork setting. In our experiment, the participants (N = 168, 84 women...”

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Who follows the crowd—Groups or individuals?

by Fahr, René Irlenbusch, Bernd Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (2011)

“...► We investigate experimentally decisions in information cascade situations. ► We examine differences between individuals and small groups as decision makers...”

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An Experimental Bribery Game

by Klaus Abbink Bernd Irlenbusch Elke Renner Published in Journal of law, economics, & organization (01.10.2002)

“...Essential characteristics of corruption are (1) reciprocity relationships between bribers and public officials, (2) negative welfare effects, and (3) high...”

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Helping under a combination of team and tournament incentives

by Danilov, Anastasia Irlenbusch, Bernd Harbring, Christine
01.03.2019

“...We study how help can be fostered by means of a team bonus in the presence of rankorder tournaments. In a simple model we combine elements of relative rewards...”

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Group size and social ties in microfinance institutions

by Abbink, K Irlenbusch, B Renner, E Published in Economic inquiry (2006)

“...Microfinance programs provide poor people with small loans given to jointly liable self-selected groups. Follow-up loans provide incentives to repay. We...”

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Innovation and communication media in virtual teams - an experimental study

by Grözinger, Nicola Irlenbusch, Bernd Laske, Katharina Schröder, Marina
01.05.2020

“...In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative performance in a collaborative tasks. We find...”

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