We present evidence on whether workers have social preferences by comparing workers'
productivity under relative incentives, where individual effort imposes a negative externality …

This paper studies the interplay between economic incentives and social norms in firms. We
introduce a general framework to model social norms arguing that norms stem from agents' …

Endogenous Leadership in Teams Page 1 253 Endogenous Leadership in Teams by Steffen
Huck and Pedro Rey-Biel* We study the mechanics of leading by example in teams …

External recruitment is often believed to be harmful in that it trades off the need for outside
talents with the incentives of inside workers. This article shows that, even from an incentive …

This study provides one of the first pieces of evidence comparing the effectiveness of
different performance pay contracts among caregivers to improve child health. We carry out …

Empirical researchers often consider a single determinant of labor productivity: speed. This
paper asks whether they are neglecting spillovers on output quality. Using high‐frequency …

Abstract The Clean Trucks Program is a Clean Air Action Plan initiative currently being
adopted by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. This paper examines each of the …

The Minimum Wage and Productivity: A Case Study of California Strawberry Pickers Page 1
Motivation Contributions Theoretical Framework Data Results Extensions The Minimum Wage …

We present a model where compensation within a team is determined either exogenously
by a third party or endogenously through a bargaining process among team members. In the …

Since the innovative work of Kahneman and Tversky (1979), behavioral finance has become
one of the most active areas in financial economics. As compared to traditional models in …