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Social Comparison in the Workplace: Evidence from a Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5550

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Mar 2011

Alain Cohn, Ernst Fehr, Benedikt Herrmann and Frédéric Schneider

University of Michigan, University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Nottingham - School of Economics and University of Cambridge - Judge Business School

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Why Do the Rich Oppose Redistribution? An Experiment with America’s Top 5%

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2021

Alain Cohn, Lasse J. Jessen, Marko Klasnja and Paul Smeets

University of Michigan, University of Kiel - Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, New York University and Maastricht University

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Evidence for Countercyclical Risk Aversion: An Experiment with Financial Professionals

American Economic Review, Forthcoming, UBS Center Working Paper Series Working Paper No. 4

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2014

Alain Cohn, Jan Engelmann, Ernst Fehr and Michel André Maréchal

University of Michigan, University of Zurich - Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

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Bad Boys: How Criminal Identity Salience Affects Rule Violation

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 132

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 13 May 2015

Alain Cohn, Michel André Maréchal and Thomas Noll

University of Michigan, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and Swiss Prison Staff Training Center

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Laboratory Measure of Cheating Predicts Misbehavior at School

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Laboratory Measure of Cheating Predicts Misbehavior at School

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5613

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 22 Dec 2015

Alain Cohn and Michel André Maréchal

University of Michigan and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

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Laboratory Measure of Cheating Predicts School Misconduct

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 205, Revised version

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 02 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2017

Alain Cohn and Michel André Maréchal

University of Michigan and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

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Do Professional Norms in the Banking Industry Favor Risk-Taking?

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Do Professional Norms in the Banking Industry Favor Risk-Taking?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6398

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Apr 2017

Alain Cohn, Ernst Fehr and Michel André Maréchal

University of Michigan, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

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Do Professional Norms in the Banking Industry Favor Risk-Taking?

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 244

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Mar 2017

Alain Cohn, Ernst Fehr and Michel André Maréchal

University of Michigan, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

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Honesty in the Digital Age

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Honesty in the Digital Age

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6996

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Jun 2018

Michel André Maréchal, Alain Cohn and Tobias Gesche

University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and Harvard University

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Honesty in the Digital Age

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 280, Revised version

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2021

Michel André Maréchal, Alain Cohn and Tobias Gesche

University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Michigan and ETH Zurich, Center for Law & Economics

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Priming in Economics

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 226

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 05 May 2016

Alain Cohn and Michel André Maréchal

University of Michigan and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

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Fair Wages and Effort Provision: Combining Evidence from the Lab and the Field

University of Zurich Department of Economics Working Paper No. 107

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Jan 2013

Alain Cohn, Ernst Fehr and Lorenz Goette

University of Michigan, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and University of Lausanne

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What Do Lost Wallets Tell Us About Survey Measures of Social Capital?

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What Do Lost Wallets Tell Us About Survey Measures of Social Capital?

CESifo Working Paper No. 8418

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Jul 2020

David Tannenbaum, Alain Cohn, Christian Zünd and Michel André Maréchal

University of Utah - Department of Management, University of Michigan, University of Zurich and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

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What Do Cross-country Surveys Tell Us About Social Capital?

University of Zurich, Deparment of Economics, Working Paper No. 352, 2020, Revised version

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2020

David Tannenbaum, Alain Cohn, Christian Zünd and Michel André Maréchal

University of Utah - Department of Management, University of Michigan, University of Zurich and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

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Frequent Job Changes Can Signal Poor Work Attitude and Reduce Employability

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Frequent Job Changes Can Signal Poor Work Attitude and Reduce Employability

University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 210, Revised version

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2019

Alain Cohn, Michel André Maréchal, Frédéric Schneider and Roberto A. Weber

University of Michigan, University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

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Frequent Job Changes Can Signal Poor Work Attitude and Reduce Employability

CESifo Working Paper No. 7976

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Dec 2019

Alain Cohn, Michel André Maréchal, Frédéric Schneider and Roberto A. Weber

University of Michigan, University of Zurich - Department of Economics, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

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Motivated Optimism and Workplace Risk

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 03 Feb 2022

A. Yesim Orhun, Alain Cohn and Collin Raymond

University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and Amherst College

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Bad Boys: How Criminal Identity Salience Affects Rule Violation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5363

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Jun 2015

Alain Cohn, Michel André Maréchal and Thomas Noll

University of Michigan, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and Swiss Prison Staff Training Center

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