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Experimental economics

the drop in effort that follows when a principal restricts an agent's choices, because agents read the control as a sign of distrust.

In experimental economics, hidden costs of control refers to the drop in effort that follows when a principal restricts an agent's choices, because agents read the control as a sign of distrust. This meaning comes from Falk (2006) in American Economic Review.[1]

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References

Falk, A., & Kosfeld, M. (2006). The Hidden Costs of Control. American Economic Review, 96(5), 1611-1630. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.96.5.1611

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