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We analyze how the team formation process influences the ability composition and performance of teams, showing how self …-selection and random assignment affect team performance for different tasks in two natural field experiments. We identify the … collaboration intensity of the task as the key driver of the effect of self-selection on team performance. We find that when the …
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team choices, the detrimental performance impact of too much choice seems to be related to the implied cognitive burden and …
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also render teams' identity and image concerns salient. We study the effects of tournaments on team performance in a non … salience of team identity, social image concerns, and whether teams face monetary incentives. Increased salience of team …
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This paper establishes a new fact about educational production: ordinal academic rank during primary school has lasting impacts on secondary school achievement that are independent of underlying ability. Using data on the universe of English school students, we exploit naturally occurring...
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designers face a trade-off between flexibility to adjust to unforeseen contingencies and the danger that the binding nature of … measurement of flexibility in international treaties. Based on 400 treaties and supplementary agreements from the field of … the degree of institutionalisation as well as along a flexibility dimension. …
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In a tedious real effort task, subjects know that their piece rate is either low or ten times higher. When subjects are informed about their piece rate realization, they adapt their performance. One third of subjects nevertheless forego this instrumental information when given the choice - and...
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