This paper reports on the use of carrot (positive) and stick (negative) incentives as methods of increasing effort among members of work teams. We study teams of four members in a laboratory environment in which giving effort towards the team goal is simulated by eliciting voluntary contributions towards the provision of a public good. We test the efficiencyimproving properties of four distinct...

New enforcement strategies allow agents to gain the regulator's trust and consequently face a lower audit probability. Prior research suggests that, in order to prevent lower compliance, a reduction in the audit probability (the "carrot") must be compensated with the introduction of a higher penalty for non-compliance (the "stick"). However, such carrot-and-stick strategies reflect neither the ...

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Medication adherence is one of the major challenges for healthcare professionals and patients. Lack of medication adherence leads to worse medical treatment outcomes, higher hospitalization rates, and increased health care costs. For years, numerous interventions have been tried with mixed success. In this paper, we present an intervention for medication adherence based on rewards and punishmen...