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inManagement science > Vol. 56 N° 1 (Janvier 2010) . - pp. 57-70

Titre :	Another hidden cost of incentives : The detrimental effect on norm enforcement
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Andreas Fuster, Auteur ; Stephan Meier, Auteur
Année de publication :	2010
Article en page(s) :	pp. 57-70
Note générale :	Management
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Public goods Prosocial behavior Norm enforcement Hidden cost of incentives Experimental economics
Index. décimale :	658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce
Résumé :	Monetary incentives, such as subsidies or bonuses, are often considered as a way to foster contributions to public goods in society and firms. This paper investigates experimentally the effect of private contribution incentives in the presence of a norm enforcement mechanism. Norm enforcement through peer punishment has been shown to be effective in raising contributions by itself. We test whether and how (centrally provided) private incentives interact with (decentralized) punishment, both of which affect subjects' monetary payoffs. The results of our experiment show that private incentives for contributors can reduce the effectiveness of the norm enforcement mechanism: Free riders are punished less harshly in the treatment with incentives, and as a consequence, average contributions to the public good are no higher than without incentives. This finding ties to and extends previous research on settings in which monetary incentives may fail to have the desired effect.
DEWEY :	658
ISSN :	0025-1909
En ligne :	http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/1.toc

[article] Another hidden cost of incentives : The detrimental effect on norm enforcement [texte imprimé] / Andreas Fuster, Auteur ; Stephan Meier, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 57-70.
Management
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 1 (Janvier 2010) . - pp. 57-70

Mots-clés :	Public goods Prosocial behavior Norm enforcement Hidden cost of incentives Experimental economics
Index. décimale :	658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce
Résumé :	Monetary incentives, such as subsidies or bonuses, are often considered as a way to foster contributions to public goods in society and firms. This paper investigates experimentally the effect of private contribution incentives in the presence of a norm enforcement mechanism. Norm enforcement through peer punishment has been shown to be effective in raising contributions by itself. We test whether and how (centrally provided) private incentives interact with (decentralized) punishment, both of which affect subjects' monetary payoffs. The results of our experiment show that private incentives for contributors can reduce the effectiveness of the norm enforcement mechanism: Free riders are punished less harshly in the treatment with incentives, and as a consequence, average contributions to the public good are no higher than without incentives. This finding ties to and extends previous research on settings in which monetary incentives may fail to have the desired effect.
DEWEY :	658
ISSN :	0025-1909
En ligne :	http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/1.toc