• closedAccess   Financial incentives and academic performance: an experimental study 

      Herranz-Zarzoso, Noemí Universitat Jaume I (2014-06-16)
      In this paper, the effect of financial incentives on academic performance is studied. We implement a field experiment designed to motivate students with rewards depending on their academic performance. Subjects, recruited ...
    • openAccess   Groups and trust: Experimental evidence on the Olson and Putnam hypotheses 

      Degli Antoni, Giacomo; Grimalda, Gianluca European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (2014)
      Mancur Olson and Robert Putnam provide two conflicting views on the effect of involvement with voluntary associations on their members. Putnam argues that associations instill in their members habits of cooperation, ...