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Incentive Crowding

Incentive Crowding is a theoretical construct in behavioral economics that describes the phenomenon whereby the introduction of extrinsic incentives undermines intrinsic motivation, leading to a reduction in the desired behavior.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Crowding OutCrowding-out Effect

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Publications

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Incentives and Prosocial Behavior

Roland Bénabou, Jean Tirole · American Economic Review · 2006 · 3.3K citations

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Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially

Dan Ariely, Anat Bracha, Stephan Meier · American Economic Review · 2009 · 1.8K citations

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Economic Incentives and Social Preferences: Substitutes or Complements?

Samuel Bowles, Sandra Polanía-Reyes · Journal of Economic Literature · 2012 · 917 citations

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Trust as a Signal of a Social Norm and the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes

Dirk Sliwka · American Economic Review · 2007 · 424 citations

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Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially

Dan Ariely, Anat Bracha, Stephan Meier · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2007 · 356 citations · Full text

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Authors

112

  1. SB
    Samuel Bowles

    Santa Fe Institute, United States

    4 publications · 1K citations

    4

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  2. JT
    Jean Tirole

    Institut d'Économie Industrielle, France

    3 publications · 3.7K citations

    3

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  3. DS
    Dirk Sliwka

    University of Cologne, Germany

    3 publications · 590 citations

    3

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  4. RB
    Roland Bénabou

    Princeton University, United States

    3 publications · 3.7K citations

    3

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  5. PS
    Paul Seabright

    Toulouse School of Economics, France

    3 publications · 67 citations

    3

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Institutions

104

  1. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    412 citations

  3. Santa Fe Institute

    Santa Fe, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    1K citations

  4. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    141 citations

  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    249 citations

  6. Ifo Institute for Economic Research

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    402 citations

  7. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    590 citations

  8. Institut d'Économie Industrielle

    Toulouse, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    3.4K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 9 publications · 1.1K citations

    9

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  2. American Economic Review

    4 publications · 5.5K citations

    4

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  3. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 2 publications · 120 citations

    2

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  4. European Economic Review

    2 publications · 60 citations

    2

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  5. Journal of Business Research

    JBR · 2 publications · 78 citations

    2

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