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| Title: | | An Experimental Test of Career Concerns  |
| Authors: | | Koch, Alexander K. Morgenstern, Albrecht Raab, Philippe |
| Issue Date: | | 2004 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion paper series 1405 |
| Abstract: | | Holmström?s (1982/99) career concerns model has become an important workhorse for the analysis of agency issues in many fields. The underlying signal jamming argument requires players to use information in a Bayesian way – which may or may not reasonably approximate real-life decision makers? behavior. Testing this theory with field data is difficult since typically little is known about the information that individuals base their decisions on, and this explains the dearth of empirical studies. We provide experimental evidence that the signal jamming mechanism works in a laboratory setting. Moreover, subjects' beliefs fit remarkably well requirements imposed by the Bayesian equilibrium concept. |
| Subjects: | | incentives reputation career concerns signal jamming experiments |
| JEL: | | L14 D83 C91 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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