We utilize a laboratory experiment to compare effort provision under optimal tournament contracts with different … tournament contract incorporating both incentives at the top and at the bottom induces the highest effort, especially in larger …

largely ignored the effects of competition on effort provision once the competition is finished. In a laboratory experiment …

environments. To explore this further, we conducted a laboratory experiment comprising 444 subjects, and measured gender … differences in performance in four distinct competitive situations. These were as follows: (i) the standard tournament game where …

Are people willing to sacrifice resources to save one's and others' face? In a laboratory experiment, we study whether …

participants in a laboratory experiment represent the preferences of the population from which they are recruited. To answer this … question, we measured the preferences of 1,173 students in a classroom experiment. Separately, we invited all students to … participate in a laboratory experiment. We find that the social and risk preferences of students who attend the laboratory …

over-estimation of social preferences in the student population. -- methodology ; selection bias ; laboratory experiment … ; field experiment ; other-regarding behavior ; social preferences ; social approval ; experimenter demand …

general population in a trust experiment. We find very similar behavioral patterns for the two groups. If anything, the level …

We use experiments to test comparative statics predictions of canonical tournament theory. Both the roles of principal … tournament design. Consistent with theory, we observed an incentive effect from raising the winner's prize. However, we also … model once the textbook assumption of separable agent utility is relaxed. -- tournaments ; experiment ; social preferences …