Honours Versus Money: The Economics of Awards - Frey, Bruno S.; Gallus, Jana
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This book presents a range of empirical evidence to argue that awards can significantly raise performance, even if they are purely symbolic. It makes the case for reorienting our focus away from the monetary or material dimensions of work and private life towards the symbolic dimensions to celebrate merit and achievement.

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This book presents a range of empirical evidence to argue that awards can significantly raise performance, even if they are purely symbolic. It makes the case for reorienting our focus away from the monetary or material dimensions of work and private life towards the symbolic dimensions to celebrate merit and achievement.
Autorenporträt
Bruno S. Frey is Permanent Visiting Professor at the University of Basel and Research Director CREMA, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts, Zurich. He studied economics at the Universities of Basel and Cambridge; Holds and PhD and became an Associate Professor at the University of Basel; Between 1970-1977 he was Full Professor at University Constance and 1977-2012 at the University Zurich. He is the author of a large number of articles in leading scholarly journals and of the following books: Not Just for the Money; Economics as a Science of Human Behaviour; Arts & Economics; Inspiring Economics; Dealing with Terrorism - Stick or Carrot?; Happiness: A Revolution in Economics. Jana Gallus is an Assistant Professor in the strategy group at UCLA, Anderson. Her research interests lie in behavioral economics and strategy, with a focus on nonfinancial incentives and their effects on human decision-making. Jana's work has been published in Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Labour Economics, and Applied Economics, among other journals. Jana joined UCLA from Harvard, where she was a post-doctoral fellow. She received her PhD in Economics from the University of Zurich, with the distinction summa cum laude, and holds two Master's degrees, from Sciences Po Paris in France and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.