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43 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5755
Incentives vs. Selection in Promotion Tournaments: Can a Designer Kill Two Birds with One Stone?
Wolfgang Höchtl, Rudolf Kerschbamer, Rudi Stracke, Uwe Sunde
revised version published in: Managerial and Decision Economics, 2015, 36(5), 275–285
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5543
Managerial Incentives and Favoritism in Promotion Decisions: Theory and Field Evidence
Johannes Berger, Claus Herbertz, Dirk Sliwka
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4812
Risk Taking Behavior in Tournaments: Evidence from the NBA
Christian Grund, Jan Höcker, Stefan Zimmermann
revised version published as 'Incidence and Consequences of Risk Taking Behavior in Tournaments - Evidence from the NBA' in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (2), 1489–1501
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4383
Pay for Percentile
Gadi Barlevy, Derek Neal
published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102 (5), 1805-31
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3730
Tournaments and Managerial Incentives in China's Listed Firms: New Evidence
Takao Kato, Cheryl Long
published in: China Economic Review, 2011, 22 (1), 1-10 (lead article)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3702
Relative Performance Pay, Bonuses, and Job-Promotion Tournaments
Matthias Kräkel, Anja Schöttner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3424
Incentive Design and Trust: Comparing the Effects of Tournament and Team-Based Incentives on Trust
Robert J. Oxoby, Colette Friedrich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3400
Risk-Taking Tournaments: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Petra Nieken, Dirk Sliwka
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31 (3), 254-268
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3326
Incentives versus Sorting in Tournaments: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Edwin Leuven, Hessel Oosterbeek, Joep Sonnemans, Bas van der Klaauw
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29 (3), 637-658
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3200
Deception and Incentives: How Dishonesty Undermines Effort Provision
Florian Ederer, Ernst Fehr
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3073
Job Satisfaction and Co-worker Wages: Status or Signal?
Andrew E. Clark, Nicolai Kristensen, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen
published in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (536), 430–447
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1844
Tournaments and Multiple Productive Inputs: The Case of Performance Enhancing Drugs
Kai A. Konrad
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1843
Women and Competition in Elimination Tournaments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Data
Thierry Lallemand, Robert Plasman, François Rycx
published in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2008, 9 (1), 3-19
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1841
Tournaments, Individualized Contracts and Career Concerns
Alexander K. Koch, Eloic Peyrache
revised and extended version published as 'Aligning Ambition and Incentives' in: Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization , 2011, 27(1).
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1768
Courtesy and Idleness: Gender Differences in Team Work and Team Competition
Radosveta Ivanova-Stenzel, Dorothea Kübler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1270
Emotions and Incentives
Matthias Kräkel
published as 'Emotions in tournaments' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 67 (1), 204 - 214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1023
Tournaments: There Is More Than Meets the Eye
Gil S. Epstein, Shmuel Nitzan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 947
Potential, Prizes and Performance: Testing Tournament Theory with Professional Tennis Data
Uwe Sunde
substantially revised version published as 'Heterogeneity and Performance in Tournaments: A Test for Incentive Effect using Professional Tennis Data' in: Applied Economics, 2010, 41 (25), 3199-3208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 947
Potential, Prizes and Performance: Testing Tournament Theory with Professional Tennis Data
Uwe Sunde
substantially revised version published as 'Heterogeneity and Performance in Tournaments: A Test for Incentive Effect using Professional Tennis Data' in: Applied Economics, 2010, 41 (25), 3199-3208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 947
Potential, Prizes and Performance: Testing Tournament Theory with Professional Tennis Data
Uwe Sunde
substantially revised version published as 'Heterogeneity and Performance in Tournaments: A Test for Incentive Effect using Professional Tennis Data' in: Applied Economics, 2010, 41 (25), 3199-3208
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