Mathematics and Spanish test scores. To be able to test the theory, I develop a novel nonlinear difference-in-differences model …

countries with less secure property rights. The theory suggests that adjusted net saving estimates calculated by the World Bank …

We show that team formation can serve as an implicit commitment device to overcome problems of self-control. In a … harder is credible because the team breaks up after an agent has not kept this promise – which leads to individual (under …, the performance of a team of present-biased agents can actually be better than the performance of a team of time …

observable. A team incentive scheme, where each agent is paid a bonus for aggregate output above a threshold, is optimal in case … (a). The team's efficiency may increase considerably with size if outputs are negatively correlated. Under (b) a … performance. The two cases reveal that it may be optimal to organize production as a team where only aggregate output is …

Team production is a frequent feature of modern organizations. Combined with team incentives, team production can … create externalities among workers, since their utility upon accepting a contract depends on their team's performance and …