individual prizes that satisfy a self-commitment condition and induce effcient incentives at the same time, thus solving a … rents and the adjustment of individual incentives, which will be important for the employer if he cannot rely on handicaps. …

competition affect agents' performance? In a real-effort laboratory experiment, we study a one-time increase in incentives in a … sequence of equally incentivized contests. Our results suggest that a short-term increase in incentives induces a behavioral …

(individual or group performance) and its design (commissions, piece-rate or sharing schemes). Individual incentives demonstrate … the largest effect, while group or team incentives are smaller in magnitude. The case for government intervention through … tax breaks and other financial incentives is highly debated due to differences across firms and the potential for economic …

. Such behavior may call for high-powered incentives, so that increased effort by the worker little increases the income of … various assumptions about the object and generality of envy. Envy amplifies the effect of incentives on effort and, therefore …