We present the first causal evidence on the persistent impact of enduring competition on prosociality. Inspired by the … competition period. 4-year follow-up data indicate that the effect persists and generalizes, suggesting a change in traits and not …

innovation will lead to a much richer understanding of the interplay between firms’ incentives to innovate and competitive … pressure measured by product substitutability may decrease firms' incentives to conduct continuous improvement, and that an … increase in the size of discrete innovation may decrease firms' incentives to conduct continuous improvement. A unique feature …

to higher school productivity. We discuss the evidence in this area, concluding that the impact of competition has proven … to be more mixed and modest than expected. We suggest that this in fact should not be surprising, since economic theory … on incentives and incomplete contracts (beginning with many contributions also from the 1950s) leads to a more nuanced …

in a competitive environment. -- team incentives ; gender ; tournaments …

This study examines whether people optimally respond to prize incentives for risk taking in tournaments. I exploit the … the degree of risk taking depending on the incentives implied by the prize structure they face. I find that they are more …

men without the element of direct competition, which allows for the identification of psychological effects of competition …