Hi,
Why have I not received any comments or answers to my question "Q:
Evidence on the validity of McGregor's Theory Y of Management"
(http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=704172)?  I tried to
price my question in accordance with the cost structure suggested in
the tips section (http://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html) and
even raised the price from $9.50 to $13 but I still haven't gotten
any response...

Just a free comment.
Some questions just don't fly.  I see one problem in your request for
mathematical or statistical evidence of MacGregor's theory, since from
the little I read about it, it seems that it would be difficult to
gather figures that supported or refuted the theory.

Since you have read the FAQs, you will understand that G-A Researchers
are free agents and can choose which questions they prefer to answer. 
Incidentally, you could have brought your original question back into
sight by posting a Clarification, mentioning the price increase  -
rather than linking it to a new question.

Regards, Myoarin

You may be interested in this discussion:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=431075

On this particular question, my guess is that the information is not
readily available on the Internet and it takes more than ten bucks to
get a researcher out of his or her chair and off to the library.  Of
course, I can't speak for anyone but myself.

Hello Bkm,

If my opinion can help, I'd tell you that finding an answer to your
question may take hours or days searching *and* reading scholar
papers, so its value should be very much higher than the rank within
which you priced it that is -- according to the "how to price your
question" section you referred to -- for a question that "can be
answered with 30 minutes of work"
(http://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html ). To be sure, the
pricing tips are just orientative suggestions -- there's always the
possibility that a researcher is particularly interested and or
familiar to the subject, and works on it regardless of the low fee.
Otherwise, I doubt that the fee offered would match the amount of work
required for your question. My two cents.

Guillermo

I agree that this question is very challenging, and is probably worth
at least 30, more like 50 dollars. Browse around some answered
questions here at GA and check it out. See how much people pay for
similar amounts of research. From my own preliminary search, and small
knowledge of McGregor's Theory of Management, I'm guessing that the
information is not available over the internet, and may not in fact be
available anywhere. If it were available, my guess would be in a past
edition of a business magazine, or in a book on business. Finding
these would involve a trip to your local reference library (if the
research has one near him/her!) and a lot of time talking with
librarians, looking through books' indexes, and searching magazine
archives. It may be valued at over 75 dollars, really. Certainly 13 is
much too low.