UC San Diego

In this dissertation, I present several economic research papers. In my first paper, I test novel strategies for using incentives to reduce misbehavior, as well as test the role of social norms in determining the efficacy of audits. In my second paper, I examine preferences for and responses to redistributionary taxation in a real-effort laboratory experiment. In my third paper, I examine the characteristics and experiences of medical students which predict whether they enter primary care specialties. In my fourth paper I test the influence of exogenous testosterone on the tendency to cheat in a laboratory experiment. In my fifth paper I review and contrast various methodologies for measuring effort in economics experiments.