Paying for performance and motivation crowding out

Luigi Siciliani ()

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 103, issue 2, pages 68-71

Abstract: We investigate how prices affect output when publicly-funded providers differ in altruism, and enjoy being perceived as good and not as greedy. A higher price increases output for low and high-altruism providers. Intermediate-altruism providers do not respond or reduce output.

Keywords: Altruism; Performance; Motivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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