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作者：Gino, Francesca; Krupka, Erin L.; Weber, Roberto A.
作者单位：Harvard University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of Zurich
摘要：Although monitoring and regulation can be used to combat socially costly unethical conduct, their intended targets can often avoid regulation or hide their behavior. This surrenders at least part of the effectiveness of regulatory policies to firms' and individuals' decisions to voluntarily submit to regulation. We study individuals' decisions to avoid monitoring or regulation and thus enhance their ability to engage in unethical conduct. We conduct a laboratory experiment in which participant...
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作者：Sun, Monic; Zhu, Feng
作者单位：Stanford University; University of Southern California; University of Southern California
摘要：Many scholars argue that when incentivized by ad revenue, content providers are more likely to tailor their content to attract eyeballs, and as a result, popular content may be excessively supplied. We empirically test this prediction by taking advantage of the launch of an ad-revenue-sharing program initiated by a major Chinese portal site in September 2007. Participating bloggers allow the site to run ads on their blogs and receive 50% of the revenue generated by these ads. After analyzing 4...
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作者：Kocher, Martin G.; Pahlke, Julius; Trautmann, Stefan T.
作者单位：University of Munich; University of Gothenburg; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; Tilburg University
摘要：We study the effects of time pressure on risky decisions for pure gain prospects, pure loss prospects, and mixed prospects involving both gains and losses. In two experiments we find that time pressure has no effect on risk attitudes for gains, but increases risk aversion for losses. For mixed prospects, subjects become simultaneously more loss averse and more gain seeking under time pressure, depending on the framing of the prospects. The results suggest the importance of aspiration levels, a...
