Heterogeneous Contestants andEffort Provision in Tournaments - anEmpirical Investigation withProfessional Sports Data

We empirically investigate if tournaments between heterogeneous contestants are less intensive. To test our hypotheses we use professional sports data from the TOYOTA Handball-Bundesliga, the major handball league in Germany.[...]

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Year of publication:	2010-07-01
Authors:	Berger, Johannes ; Nieken, Petra
Institutions:	Universität <Bonn> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Fachbereich
Subject:	Heterogenität \| Prämienlohn \| rank incentives \| Meisterschaft \| tournaments \| Handball \| handball

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Extent:	512000 bytes 33 p. application/pdf
Series:	Universität Bonn - Betriebswirtschaftliche Abteilung IIPersonal- und Organisationsökonomie - Working Papers Discussion Paper No. 325
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J33 - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods ; J41 - Contracts: Specific Human Capital, Matching Models, Efficiency Wage Models, and Internal Labor Markets ; M52 - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects (stock options, fringe benefits, incentives, family support programs) ; Pay salaries and social benefits ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; GERMANY
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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