“We learn that where work has little to no meaning or purpose, recognition far exceeds material rewards ineffectiveness, but for work with high meaning and purpose, material rewards boost performance where simple recognition does not.” (IRF Quarterly Academic Review, 2019).
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New study: Trust the Police? Self-Selection of Motivated Agents into the German Police Force
Guido Friebel, Michael Kosfeld and Gerd Thielmann published a new study in the November issue of the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.
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Digital Economics – Wie Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft zusammenarbeiten können
Michael Kosfeld und Florian Hett im Gespräch mit Sebastian Schäfer, dem Geschäftsführer des Frankfurter TechQuartier.
“Regeln müssen für alle gelten, egal wo man herkommt”
Interview in German with Michael Kosfeld published in the Austrian newspaper ‘Der Standard’.
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