(observation of peers) and information about the payoff-maximizing effort level (coaching) as treatment variables. Presentation of … decisions of second movers were positively influenced (in terms of payoffs) by coaching when this information was presented …This paper uses experimental data to analyze how competitive behavior is influenced by coaching and peer observation …

(observation of peers) and information about the payoff-maximizing effort level (coaching) as treatment variables. Presentation of … decisions of second movers were positively influenced by coaching when this information was presented alone; however, when …This paper uses experimental data to analyze how competitive behavior is influenced by coaching and peer observation …

This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory … experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … productivity. Information on the opponent is a promising nudge to raise individuals' awareness towards the complexity of the …

This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different pay and relative performance information policies on … employee effort. We explore three information policies: No feedback about relative performance, feedback given halfway through …-takes-all tournament. We find that, regardless of the pay scheme used, feedback does not improve performance. There are no significant peer …

information each candidate group can observe the results of attacks of other groups. Therefore, each group tries to make attacks …

behavior in all mechanisms is consistent with basic directional and reinforcement learning. …

ability assessment and thus the wage offer. We demonstrate that the tournament outcome provides more information about …We investigate the effect of employee heterogeneity on the incentive to put forth effort in a market-based tournament …. Employers use the tournament's outcome to estimate employees' abilities and accordingly condition their wage offers. Employees …