Experimental practices in economics: A methodological challenge for psychologists?-Open Peer Commentary-Financial incentives do not pave the road to good experimentation

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 (3):404-404 (2001)
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Hertwig and Ortmann suggest paying participants contingent upon performance in order to increase the thoroughness they devote to a decision task. We argue that monetary incentives can yield a number of unintended effects including distortions of the subjective representation of the task and impaired performance. Therefore, we conclude that performance-contingent payment should not be generally employed in judgment and decision research.

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