We study incentive schemes that combine self-chosen goals with prosocial rewards. We
design a real-effort task experiment with MTurk workers. Upon achieving self-chosen goals …

We offer a novel test of whether non-binding goals set ahead of a task are effective
motivators, taking into account that individuals in principle could easily revise these goals. In …

Behavioral constraints like workers' motivation and self-control problems can be a barrier to
growth of small firms in LICs. In a field experiment, we test whether setting non-binding …

We test whether and why non-binding, self-set goals are effective even though individuals
can easily revise such goals. Depending on the treatment, subjects either set a goal a few …

We examine how performance is affected by goal setting, depending on who sets the goal.
We first propose a theoretical model of a worker-employer game and then conduct a …