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76 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4536
A Structural Analysis of Disappointment Aversion in a Real Effort Competition
David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse
published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102 (1), 469-503
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. 4205
Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment
Christine Harbring, Bernd Irlenbusch
revised and extended version published in: Management Science, 2011, 57, 611 - 627
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4027
Choosing to Compete: How Different Are Girls and Boys?
Alison L. Booth, Patrick J. Nolen
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 81 (2), 542 - 555
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3835
Promotions and Incentives: The Case of Multi-Stage Elimination Tournaments
Steffen Altmann, Armin Falk, Matthias Wibral
revised and extended version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2012, 30 (1), 149-174
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. 3440
Feedback and Incentives: Experimental Evidence
Tor Eriksson, Anders Poulsen, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (6), 679-688
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. 3275
Does Competition Enhance Performance or Cheating? A Laboratory Experiment
Christiane Schwieren, Doris Weichselbaumer
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31 (3), 241-253
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3200
Deception and Incentives: How Dishonesty Undermines Effort Provision
Florian Ederer, Ernst Fehr
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3111
Feedback in Tournaments under Commitment Problems: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Oliver Gürtler, Christine Harbring
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. 2972
Tournaments and Office Politics: Evidence from a Real Effort Experiment
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Peter Hans Matthews, John Schirm
published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (1), 504-517
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2944
Interdependency in Performance
Kelii H. Haraguchi, Glen R. Waddell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2059
Doping and Cheating in Contest-Like Situations
Matthias Kräkel
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23 (4), 988-1006
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2001
Performance Pay and Multi-dimensional Sorting: Productivity, Preferences and Gender
Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 556-590
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1983
Self-Selection and the Efficiency of Tournaments
Tor Eriksson, Sabrina Teyssier, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2009, 47(3), 530-548.
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