Deposit? Yes, please! The effect of different modes of assigning reward-and deposit-based financial incentives on effort 289 9 Table 1. Example pay-offs in different conditions for respondents completing 0, 200 and 400 sliders Reward-based incentives Deposit-based incentives Low payment condition (€8) Payment T1 T2 T1 T2 Sliders completed Show-up fee Slider reward Total reward Show-up fee Slider reward Total reward 0 sliders €4,00 €0,00 €4,00 €0,00 €0,00 €0,00 200 sliders €4,00 €2,00 €6,00 €0,00 €4,00 €4,00 400 sliders €4,00 €4,00 €8,00 €0,00 €8,00 €8,00 Medium payment condition (€12) Payment T1 T2 T1 T2 Sliders completed Show-up fee Slider reward Total reward Show-up fee Slider reward Total reward 0 sliders €4,00 €0,00 €4,00 €0,00 €0,00 €0,00 200 sliders €4,00 €4,00 €8,00 €0,00 €6,00 €6,00 400 sliders €4,00 €8,00 €12,00 €0,00 €12,00 €12,00 Medium payment condition (€20) Payment T1 T2 T1 T2 Sliders completed Show-up fee Slider reward Total reward Show-up fee Slider reward Total reward 0 sliders €4,00 €0,00 €4,00 €0,00 €0,00 €0,00 200 sliders €4,00 €8,00 €12,00 €0,00 €10,00 €10,00 400 sliders €4,00 €16,00 €20,00 €0,00 €20,00 €20,00 Assignment to incentives In both treatment arms (i.e., random and nudged assignments) respondents received information on both incentive schemes, referred to as the basic and deposit scheme (see Online Supplements). Respondents in the random assignment arms (n = 115) were informed of the incentive they were randomly assigned to. Respondents in the nudged assignment arm (n = 113) received the following instruction: ‘In both the basic and deposit scheme you have the opportunity to earn the same amount of money for persistent effort on a tedious task. The deposit scheme may help to keep you motivated, however, because you are not only earning “extra” money, but also earning back money you made earlier. If you don’t complete all tasks, however, you might lose money. You have the opportunity to choose between the two schemes, and you are free to choose whichever you prefer. However, based on the monetary choices and questionnaires you filled in earlier, we have preselected the scheme we
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