simple two-player non-cooperative game theoretic framework to explain why even in a world where "Recognition" is a socially …

I characterize the optimal accuracy level r of an unbiased Tullock contest between two players with heterogeneous prize … the winner’s expected effort, she will choose a contest with a pure-strategy equilibrium, and the optimal accuracy level r …

care about relative pay. I argue that these findings fit with behavioral stories of incentives and motivation, in …

I study how motivation shapes own and peers' educational success. Using data from Project STAR, I find that academic … motivation in early elementary school, as measured by a standardized psychological test, predicts contemporaneous and future test … motivation does not affect longer-term educational success, likely because it does not change own motivation. …

Organizational structures are an important determinant of individual incentives and thus individual motivation in … organizations. We study whether their effects on individual motivation go beyond incentives and how they relate to the perceived …

; motivation ; framing ; broken window theory …