Playing "hard to get": an economic rationale for crowding out of intrinsically motivated behavior

Anecdotal, empirical, and experimental evidence suggests that offering extrinsic rewards for certain activities can reduce people's willingness to engage in those activities voluntarily. We propose a simple rationale for this "crowding out" phenomenon, using standard economic argument...

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Main Authors: Schnedler, Wendelin (Author) , Vanberg, Christoph (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Bonn IZA 2014
Series:Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 8108
In: Discussion paper series (8108)

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Author Notes:Wendelin Schnedler; Christoph Vanberg

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