In practice, two types of tournaments can be distinguished - U-type and J-type tournaments. In U-type tournaments …, workers receive prizes that have been fixed in advance. In J-type tournaments, the employer fixes an aggregate wage bill in …-type tournaments if the number of workers is large, whereas the opposite holds for small numbers of workers. …

In practice, two types of tournaments can be distinguished - U-type and J-type tournaments. In U-type tournaments …, workers receive prizes that have been fixed in advance. In J-type tournaments, the employer fixes an aggregate wage bill in …-type tournaments if the number of workers is large, but the opposite if it is small. …

-order tournaments which are frequently used in practice. Tournaments seem to be an appropriate starting point for this concept because … from emotional workers. In this case, he clearly prefers unfair to fair tournaments. Furthermore, the concept of emotions … is used to explain the puzzling findings on the oversupply of effort in experimental tournaments. …

Rank-order tournaments are usually modeled simultaneously. However, real tournaments are often sequential. We show that … agents’ strategic behavior in sequential-move tournaments significantly differ from the one in simultaneous-move tournaments …

analyzed by focusing on three incentive schemes that are frequently used in practice: tournaments, bonuses and piece rates. We …

analysed by focusing on three incentive schemes that are frequently used in practice: tournaments, bonuses and piece rates. We …

hypothesize that the effects of gender stereotypes make occupational tournaments unfair. As a consequence, male workers have … occur, making tournaments less fair, the unexplained component of the gender pay gap is higher. …