to investigate the ex ante sorting effect of tournaments. This paper reports results from an experiment analyzing whether …. We show that when the subjects choose to enter a tournament, the average effort is higher and the between …

in performance. This paper reports results from an experiment analyzing whether allowing subjects to self-select into … enter a tournament instead of a piece-rate payment scheme, the average effort is higher and the between-subject variance is …

-takes-all tournament. We find that, regardless of the pay scheme used, feedback does not improve performance. There are no significant peer … effects in the piece-rate pay scheme. In contrast, in the tournament scheme we find some evidence of positive peer effects … since the underdogs almost never quit the competition even when lagging significantly behind, and frontrunners do not slack …

to investigate the ex ante sorting effect of tournaments. This paper reports results from an experiment analyzing whether …. We show that when the subjects choose to enter a tournament, the average effort is higher and the between …

to investigate the ex ante sorting effect of tournaments. This paper reports results from an experiment analyzing whether …. We show that when the subjects choose to enter a tournament, the average effort is higher and the between …

to investigate the ex ante sorting effect of tournaments. This paper reports results from an experiment analyzing whether …. We show that when the subjects choose to enter a tournament, the average effort is higher and the between …

In a real effort experiment with repeated competition we find striking differences in how the work effort of men and … experiment. Our findings shed new light on why women may be less inclined to pursue competition-intensive careers. …

experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … decision problem and to update beliefs about success. In the experiment, subjects face the choice between a competition game …This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory …

academia have been partially explained by “competitive pressures”, which suggests a link between competition and cheating. In … our experiment subjects conduct a task where they have the possibility to make use of illegitimate tools to better their … no overall sex difference in cheating. However, the effect of competition on women’s cheating behavior is entirely due to …

such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a … tournament and a piece-rate pay scheme before performing a real task. Men choose the tournament significantly more often than …