We study the relative effectiveness of contracts that are framed either in terms of bonuses or penalties. In one set of treatments, subjects know at the time of effort provision whether they have achieved the bonus/avoided the penalty. In another set of treatments, subjects only learn the success of their performance at the end of the task. We fail to observe a contract framing effect in either condition: effort provision is statistically indistinguishable under bonus and penalty contracts.

(2017). Bonus versus penalty: How robust are the effects of contract framing? [journal article - articolo]. In JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/228090

Bonus versus penalty: How robust are the effects of contract framing?

Fallucchi, Francesco;
2017-01-01

Abstract

We study the relative effectiveness of contracts that are framed either in terms of bonuses or penalties. In one set of treatments, subjects know at the time of effort provision whether they have achieved the bonus/avoided the penalty. In another set of treatments, subjects only learn the success of their performance at the end of the task. We fail to observe a contract framing effect in either condition: effort provision is statistically indistinguishable under bonus and penalty contracts.
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De Quidt, Jonathan; Fallucchi, Francesco Pio; Kölle, Felix; Nosenzo, Daniele; Quercia, Simone
(2017). Bonus versus penalty: How robust are the effects of contract framing? [journal article - articolo]. In JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/228090
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