Many economic, political and social environments can be described as contests in which
agents exert costly effort while competing over the distribution of a scarce resource. These …

This study presents an overview of modern field experiments and their usage in economics.
Our discussion focuses on three distinct periods of field experimentation that have …

The ability to influence behaviour is central to many of the key policy challenges in areas
such as health, finance and climate change. The usual route to behaviour change in …

Laboratory experiments have been used extensively in economics in the past several
decades to lend both positive and normative insights into a myriad of important economic …

There is increasing research on the exogenous impact of descriptive social norms on
economic behavior. The research to date has a number of limitations: 1) it has not de …

We study entry and bidding in procurement auctions where contracts are awarded to the bid
closest to a trimmed average bid. These auctions, common in public procurement, create …

This paper uses a randomized field experiment to test how information provision leveraging
social norms, salience, and a personal touch can serve as a nudge to influence the uptake …

The authors investigate the effect of managerial performance evaluation styles on employee
work effort. Using panel data on 4,080 employees in a Swiss unit of an international …

This paper examines the relationship between norm enforcement and in-group favouritism
behaviour. Using a new two-stage allocation experiment with punishments, we investigate …

The recent financial crisis has created a public outcry over top-executive pay packages and
has led to calls for reform of executive pay in Europe and the US. The current controversy is …