The Effect of Gender and Gender Composition on the Occurrence of the Individual Incentive Reversal in Group Activities: The Experimental Approach of Behavioral Economics Based On Game Theory

Jalali, Omolbanin; Nasrollahi, Zahra; Hatefi Madjumerd, Madjid

doi:10.30473/egdr.2020.4480

Document Type : ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Authors

¹ Ph.D. in Economics, Yazd University, Iran

² Associate Professor of Economics, Yazd University, Iran

³ Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Economics, University of Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30473/egdr.2020.4480

Abstract

Although there are many benefits to group activities and interactions in the group and it has been considered as one of the factors that affect the performance of the organization; but recently it has been argued that increasing monetary rewards in group activities will reduce the efforts of some agents (the incentive reversal). Regarding the probability of occurrence of this condition and its effect on cognitive factors such as gender, the main objective of this research is to investigate the effect of gender and gender composition on the occurrence of incentive reversal. In this framework, by providing a laboratory environment and using 210 players (students from Yazd and Ayatollah Haeri Meybod), a two-stage trio team was designed. The research hypotheses test showed that none of the two research hypotheses based on the gender effect and the gender composition on the incentive reversal have been approved.

Keywords

20.1001.1.22285954.1399.10.38.4.9

Main Subjects

Human Capital

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Volume 10, Issue 38
March 2020
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The Effect of Gender and Gender Composition on the Occurrence of the Individual Incentive Reversal in Group Activities: The Experimental Approach of Behavioral Economics Based On Game Theory

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Volume 10, Issue 38March 2020Pages 74-61

Volume 10, Issue 38
March 2020
Pages 74-61