We revisit the incentive effects of elimination tournaments with a fresh approach to identification, the results of which strongly support that performance improves under the threat of elimination and does so, but only in part, due to increases in risk taking. Where we can separately identify...

Different U.S. state governments have begun to adopt climate adaptation strategies and action plans to prepare for and combat the significant threat of climate change. The finalization of these strategies and action plans results in a state-level climate adaptation plan—the SCAP. We find that...