Professor Salmon published his article (with E. Glenn Dutcher and Krista J. Saral) Is “real” effort more real? in Experimental Economics.
Many laboratory experiment studies use “real” effort designs where subjects complete an actual task to exert effort rather than using a stylized effort design where subjects simply choose an effort level from a predefined set. Professor Salmon’s research finds no differences in participants’ behavior when the experiment proposes “real” effort tasks instead of “stylized” efforts, when controlling for effort costs.
Congratulations to Professor Salmon!
