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IZA Workshop on Behavioral Organizational Economics

Organizers: Steffen Altmann (IZA), Armin Falk (University of Bonn and IZA), Mirco Tonin (UniCredit Foscolo Fellow at Central European University and IZA), Michael Vlassopoulos (University of Southampton)
Location:IZA, Bonn
Date:June 17, 2013 - June 18, 2013

Event Manager:

Stephan Kohzer (IZA)

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Program

+++ presentation: 30 minutes +++ floor discussion: 15 minutes +++

Monday, June 17:

08:45 - 09:00   Registration
 
 
09:00 - 09:15   Welcome Address
Ulf Rinne
(IZA Deputy Director of Research)
Marius Malinowski (HypoVereinsbank)
Michael Vlassopoulos (University of Southampton) and Steffen Altmann (IZA)
 
 
09:15 - 09:30   UniCredit & Universities Best Paper Award (*)
Reinhard H. Schmidt
(Goethe University Frankfurt and Scientific Committee of the UniCredit & Universities Foundation)
 
09:30 - 10:15   Pedro Robalo (University of Amsterdam), Rei Sayag (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
  "Paying is Believing: The Effect of Costly Information on Bayesian Updating (*)"
 
 
10:15 - 11:00   Marie Claire Villeval (CNRS, GATE and IZA), Julie Beugnot (Laval University), Bernard Fortin (Laval University), Guy Lacroix (Laval University)
  "Social Networks, Peer Pressure and Labor Supply"
 
 
11:00 - 11:30   Coffee Break
 
 
11:30 - 12:15   Robert Dur (Erasmus University Rotterdam and IZA), Josse Delfgaauw (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Arjan Non (Maastricht University), Willem Verbeke (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
  "The Effects of Prize Spread and Noise in Elimination Tournaments: A Natural Field Experiment"
 
12:15 - 13:00   Jordi Brandts (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Andrej Angelovski (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Carles Solà (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
  "Hiring and Escalation Bias in Performance Evaluations: A Laboratory Experiment"
 
 
13:00 - 14:30   Lunch
 
 
14:30 - 15:15   Anat Bracha (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston), Uri Gneezy (University of California, San Diego)
  "Relative Pay and Labor Supply"
 
15:15 - 16:00   Nicola Lacetera (University of Toronto), Bradley Larsen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Devin Pope (University of Chicago), Justin Sydnor (University of Wisconsin)
  "Bid Takers or Market Makers? The Effect of Auctioneers on Auction Outcomes"
 
 
16:00 - 16:30   Coffee Break
 
 
16:30 - 17:15   Sebastian J. Goerg (Florida State University), Sebastian Kube (University of Bonn and IZA)
  "Goals (th)at Work? Goals, Monetary Incentives, and Workers’ Performance"
 
17:15 - 18:00   Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics and IZA), Nava Ashraf (Harvard Business School), Scott Lee (Harvard Business School)
  "Mission Incentives: Experimental Evidence on Selection, Performance and Retention among Health Workers in Zambia "
 
 
19:00       Dinner at Restaurant "Bahnhöfchen", Rheinaustr. 116, Bonn
 

Tuesday, June 18:

09:30 - 10:15   Matthias Sutter (University of Innsbruck and IZA), Loukas Balafoutas (University of Innsbruck), Rudolf Kerschbamer (University of Innsbruck)
  "Moral Hazard in a Real-World Credence Goods Market"
 
10:15 - 11:00   Florian Englmaier (University of Würzburg), Johannes Buckenmaier (University of Cologne), Matthias Fahn (University of Würzburg)
  "Relational Contracts with Present-Biased Preferences"
 
 
11:00 - 11:30   Coffee Break
 
 
11:30 - 12:15   Michael Kosfeld (Goethe University Frankfurt and IZA)
  "Sorting of Motivated Agents: Evidence from Applicants to the German Police"
 
12:15 - 13:00   Mitchell Hoffman (Yale University), Stephen Burks (University of Minnesota, Morris and IZA), Bo Cowgill (University of California, Berkeley), Michael Housman (Evolv on Demand)
  "The Value of Hiring Through Referrals"
 
 
13:00 - 14:30   Lunch
 
 
14:30 - 15:15   Judd Kessler (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania), Lucas Coffman (Ohio State University), Clayton Featherston (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
  "Can a Small Nudge Affect Job Choice? Evidence from Teach for America"
 
15:15 - 16:00   Florian Hett (University of Mainz), Yann Girard (Goethe University Frankfurt)
  "Competitiveness in Dynamic Group Contests: Evidence from Combined Field and Lab Data (*)"
 
 
16:00 - 16:30   Coffee Break
 
 
16:30 - 17:15   Muriel Niederle (Stanford University), Thomas Buser (University of Amsterdam), Hessel Oosterbeek (University of Amsterdam)
  "Gender, Competitiveness and Career Choices"
 
 
19:00       Dinner at Restaurant "Strandhaus", Georgstr. 28, Bonn
 




List of Participants

Annalisa Aleati (UniCredit Group)
Steffen Altmann (IZA)
Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics and IZA)
Anat Bracha (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
Jordi Brandts (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Giannantonio De Roni (UniCredit Group)
Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn and IZA)
Robert Dur (Erasmus University Rotterdam and IZA)
Christoph Engel (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods)
Florian Englmaier (University of Würzburg)
Yann Girard (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Corrado Giulietti (IZA)
Sebastian Goerg (Florida State University)
Andreas Grunewald (University of Bonn)
Florian Hett (University of Mainz)
Mitchell Hoffman (Yale University)
Judd Kessler (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
Marco Kleine (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods)
Michael Kosfeld (Goethe University Frankfurt and IZA)
Fabian Kosse (University of Bonn)
Matthias Kräkel (University of Bonn and IZA)
Sebastian Kube (University of Bonn and IZA)
Nicola Lacetera (University of Toronto)
Aniol Llorente-Saguer (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods)
Marius Malinowski (Hypo Vereinsbank)
Muriel Niederle (Stanford University)
Petra Nieken (University of Bonn)
Ulf Rinne (IZA)
Pedro Robalo (University of Amsterdam)
Paul Schempp (University of Bonn)
Reinhard H. Schmidt (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Matthias Sutter (University of Innsbruck and IZA)
Mirco Tonin (UniCredit Foscolo Fellow at Central European University and IZA)
Marie Claire Villeval (CNRS, GATE and IZA)
Michael Vlassopoulos (University of Southampton)
Matthias Wibral (University of Bonn and IZA)
Jana Willrodt (University of Bonn)


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Papers by Workshop Participants


  • Tournament Incentives in the Field: Gender Differences in the Workplace
    Josse Delfgaauw, Robert Dur, Joeri Sol, Willem Verbeke
    Journal of Labor Economics 2013, 31:2

  • Experimental Evidence of Self-Image Concerns as Motivation for Giving
    Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos
    Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2013, 90, pp. 19-27

  • The Dark Side of Competition for Status
    Gary Charness,  David Masclet, Marie Claire Villeval
    Management Science, forthcoming

  • Field Experiments with Firms
    Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Barankay, Imran Rasul
    Journal of Economic Perspectives 2011, 25:3, pp. 63-82

  • Economic Rewards to Motivate Blood Donations
    Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis, Robert Slonim
    Science 2013, 40, pp. 927-928

  • Norms and Contracting
    Judd B. Kessler, Stephen Leider
    Management Science 2012, 58:1, pp. 62-77

  • Does Higher Income Make You More Altruistic? Evidence from the Holocaust
    Mitchell Hoffman
    Review of Economics and Statistics 2011, 93, pp. 876-887

  • Getting More Work for Nothing? Symbolic Awards and Worker Performance
    Michael Kosfeld, Susanne Neckermann
    American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 2011, 3, pp. 86-99

  • What Drives Taxi Drivers? A Field Experiment on Fraud in a Market for Credence Goods
    Loukas Balafoutas, Adrian Beck, Rudolf Kerschbaumer, Matthias Sutter
    Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming

  • How Costly is Diversity? Affirmative Action in Light of Gender Differences in Competitiveness
    Muriel Niederle, Carmit Segal, Lise Vesterlund
    Management Science, forthcoming

  • Contractual Incompleteness, Unemployment, and Labor Market Segmentation
    Steffen Altmann, Armin Falk, Andreas Grunewald, David Huffman
    Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming

  • Learning in Experimental 2x2 Games
    Sebastian Goerg, Thorsten Chmura, Reinhard Selten
    Games and Economic Behavior 2012, 76, pp. 44-73

  • Contractual and Organizational Structure with Reciprocal Agents
    Florian Englmeier, Stephen Leider
    American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 2012, 4:2, pp. 146-183

  • Competitive Incentives: Working Harder or Working Smarter?
    Anat Bracha, Chaim Fershtman
    Management Science, forthcoming

  • Punish and Voice: Punishment Enhances Cooperation when Combined with Norm-Signalling
    Giulia Andrighetto, Jordi Brandts, Rosaria Conte, Jordi Sabater Mir, Hector Solaz, Daniel Villatoro
    PLOS ONE, forthcoming

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