Experimental evidence on financial incentives, information and decision-making
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- Professor Ian Dobbs
- Tony Miller
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| Author(s) | | Dobbs IM, Miller AD |
| Publication type | | Article |
| Journal | | The British Accounting Review |
| Year | | 2009 |
| Volume | | 41 |
| Issue | | 2 |
| Pages | | 71-89 |
| ISSN (print) | | 0890-8389 |
| ISSN (electronic) | | 1095-8347 |
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| This paper reports on a series of experiments aimed at exploring in greater detail previous work on the effects of financial incentives on information use and task performance in a principal-agent setting. The paper also develops some new statistical modelling in the area of experimental testing including incorporation into the modelling approach of data from post-experiment questionnaires. We find significant support for the finding that profit-related individual money rewards encourage increased accessing of valuable but costly past profit information by agents – and that this in turn enhances individual performance in earning profit for the agency. |
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| Publisher | | Academic Press |
| URL | | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2008.10.002 |
| DOI | | 10.1016/j.bar.2008.10.002 |
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