Sorting, Incentives and Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Field Experiment
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- Bellemare, Charles & Shearer, Bruce, 2010. "Sorting, incentives and risk preferences: Evidence from a field experiment," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 108(3), pages 345-348, September.
- Bellemare, Charles & Shearer, Bruce S., 2006. "Sorting, Incentives and Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Field Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers 2227, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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Risk aversion; sorting; incentive contracts; field experiments;JEL classification:
- J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2006-09-23 (All new papers)
- NEP-EXP-2006-09-23 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-FMK-2006-09-23 (Financial Markets)
- NEP-UPT-2006-09-23 (Utility Models & Prospect Theory)
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