Research

Publications

"Social Comparison on Multiple Tasks – Sacrificing Overall Performance for Local Excellence?"
with Maximilian Kohler, Matthias D. Mahlendorf, and Mischa Seiter. Journal of Accounting Research (forthcoming). Available [here]. 

“The Algorithmic Assignment of Incentive Schemes”
with Saskia Opitz, Dirk Sliwka, and Tom Zimmermann. Management Science (forthcoming). Available [here]. 

“When Bonuses Backfire: Evidence from the Workplace”
with Jakob Alfitian and Dirk Sliwka. Management Science (forthcoming). Available [here].

“Time is (not) Money: Incentive Effects of Granting Leisure Time.”
European Accounting Review. 2024. 33(2): 435-459. Available [here].

“Information, Incentives, and Attention: A Field Experiment on the Interaction of Management Controls.“
with Kathrin Manthei and Dirk Sliwka. The Accounting Review. 2023. 98(5): 455–479. Available [here]. Online Appendix.

"Leisure Time, Performance Pay, and Crowding-Out"
Economics Letters. 2023. 231(1): 111266. Available [here]. 

"Talking About Performance or Paying for It? A Field Experiment on Performance Reviews and Incentives”
with Kathrin Manthei and Dirk Sliwka. Management Science. 2023. 69(4): 1935-2545. Available [here].

“Performance Pay and Prior Learning - Evidence from a Retail Chain“
with Kathrin Manthei and Dirk Sliwka. Management Science. 2021. 67(11): 6629-7289. Available [here].

“Time for Helping”
with Anastasia Danilov. Journal of the Economic Science Association. 2016. 2(1): 36-47. Available [here].

Working Paper

"Discretion over Bonus Timing"
with Sidney Block, Saskia Opitz, and Dirk Sliwka.
Revision requested at The Accounting Review. Working Paper (2022) available [here]. 

"The Hidden Costs of Dismissals: Behavioral Consequences of Impending Termination"
with Jakob Alfitian.
Revision requested at The Journal of Labor Economics. Working Paper (2022) available [here]. 

"Performance Pay, Gifts, and the Relative Bonus Size."
with Raoul Isselhard and Kathrin Manthei. Working Paper (2022) available [here].

Further Publications

“Bessere Performance im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel”
with Maximilian Kohler, Matthias D. Mahlendorf, and Mischa Seiter.
Controlling & Management Review. 2021, 65: 42-45. Available [here].

“New Work = New Pay? Spotboni in Form von Freizeit"
Personalführung, 2020, 6. Available [here].

“Boni steigern nicht zwingend die Leistung” 
Controlling & Management Review. 2019. 63(3): 24-29. Available [here].

Work in Progress (selected)

"The Polarizing Performance Effect of Private Social Comparison Information "
with Maximilian Kohler, Matthias D. Mahlendorf, and Mischa Seiter

"Who Should Receive Relative Feedback? And Why?"
with Saskia Opitz, Dirk Sliwka, and Tom Zimmermann