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Fischer, Mira and Sliwka, Dirk ORCID: 0000-0002-8026-0165 (2018). Confidence in knowledge or confidence in the ability to learn: An experiment on the causal effects of beliefs on motivation. Games Econ. Behav., 111. S. 122 - 143. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. ISSN 1090-2473

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Abstract

Previous research has shown that feedback about past performance has ambiguous effects on subsequent performance. We argue that feedback affects beliefs in different dimensions - namely beliefs about the level of human capital and beliefs about the ability to learn and this may explain some of the ambiguous effects. We experimentally study the causal effects of an exogenously administered change in beliefs in both of these dimensions on the motivation to learn. We find that confidence in the ability to learn raises incentives, while confidence in the level of human capital lowers incentives for individuals with high levels of human capital. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Fischer, Mira UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sliwka, Dirk UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8026-0165 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-174177
DOI:	10.1016/j.geb.2018.02.005
Journal or Publication Title:	Games Econ. Behav.
Volume:	111
Page Range:	S. 122 - 143
Date:	2018
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN DIEGO
ISSN:	1090-2473
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Center of Excellence C-SEB Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Business Administration > Corporate Development > Professorship for Business Administration and Human Resources Management
Subjects:	Economics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SELF-CONFIDENCE; FEEDBACK; PERFORMANCE; TOURNAMENTS; INCENTIVES; ORGANIZATIONS; INTERVENTIONS; VARIABLES; CONTESTS; OUTCOMES Multiple languages Economics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/17417