• Effort Provision in a Game of Luck 

      Arnestad, Mads Nordmo; Eriksen, Kristoffer Wigestrand; Kvaløy, Ola; Laurila, Bjørnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)
      In some jobs, the correlation between effort and output is almost zero. For instance, money managers are primarily paid for luck. Using a controlled lab experiment, we examined under which conditions workers are willing ...
    • Risk, Luck and Deception: Three Essays in Behavioral Economics 

      Laurila, Bjørnar (PhD thesis UiS;435, Doctoral thesis, 2019-02)
      Two of the pillars in the field of behavioral economics which we are concerned with are motivation and rationality. In this thesis, which consists of three papers, I explore both these topics, and each of these papers are ...
    • The effect of task meaning and peer effects on labor supply and cheating 

      Laurila, Bjørnar; Nazarova, Maria (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06)
      This thesis intends to provide the experimental evidence of the role of task meaning and peer effects on labor supply and cheating in a laboratory setting. Despite quite substantial body of research conducted on the concept ...