@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp13345, author={Stefan, Matthias and Huber, Jürgen and Kirchler, Michael and Sutter, Matthias and Walzl, Markus}, title={Monetary and Social Incentives in Multi-Tasking: The Ranking Substitution Effect}, year={2020}, month={Jun}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={13345}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13345}, abstract={Rankings are prevalent information and incentive tools in labor markets with strong competition for talent. In a dynamic model of multi-tasking and an accompanying experiment with financial professionals, we identify hidden ranking costs when performance in one task is incentivized and ranked while another prosocial task is not: (i) a ranking influences behavior if individuals lag behind: they spend more total effort and substitute effort in the prosocial task with effort in the ranked task; (ii) those ahead in the ranking spend less total effort and lower relative effort in the ranked task. Implications for incentive schemes are discussed.}, keywords={framed field experiment;rank incentives;multi-tasking decision problem;finance professionals}, }