absence of a common shock, using optimal independent contracts dominates using the optimal tournament. Conversely, if the … distribution of the common shock is sufficiently diffuse, using the optimal tournament dominates using optimal independent … but uses the optimal tournament, does as well as one who can observe the shock and uses independent contracts …

We consider how past, current, and future competition within an elimination tournament affect the probability that the …

success in the tournament. Finally, we find that cheating/fudging on the experiment responds to the level of inequality and …This paper examines performance in a tournament setting with different levels of inequality in rewards and different … provision of information about individual's skill at the task prior to the tournament. We find that that total tournament output …

first period. However, the male advantage is not found in any subsequent period of competition, or even after a two …-week break from competition. Some evidence suggests that males may actually perform worse than females in later periods. The … analysis considers various experimental treatments and finds that the existence of gender differences depends crucially on the …

Many technology companies struggle to fill all their positions and to achieve gender parity in their ranks. One … explanation for gender disparities is the possibility that men and women differ in their willingness to work under competitive … experiment in which 97,696 U.S. university-educated individuals were given the opportunity to join a tech-related product …

” individuals earn 9% more than their less competitive counterparts do. Moreover, gender differences in taste for competition …Using an incentivized measure of test for competition, this paper investigates whether this taste explains subsequent … gender differences in earnings and industry choice in a sample of high-ability MBA graduates. We find that “competitive …

explanation using evidence from a field experiment. In a door-to-door solicitation, men and women are equally generous, but women …