performance. Our study is based on evidence from a natural experiment of NBA (National Basketball Association) players: Based on … to their 4th quarter performance as well as compared to their game and season averages. Yet the average performances in … situations leads to lower subsequent individual performance. Psychological explanations for this phenomenon, e.g. the role of …

performing relative to their benchmarks. In this paper we investigate experimentally how teams respond to relative performance … feedback (RPF) at team level. We find that when subjects work under team incentives, then RPF on team performance increases the … teams' average performance by almost 10 percent. The treatment effect is driven by higher top performance, as this is almost …

their male-owned counterparts. In this paper, we investigate two possible drivers for the gender gap in business performance …, goods supplied, and hours of operation are held constant. In Experiment 1, we identify demand-side constraints by training …, such as bargaining styles. In Experiment 2, we only control for business characteristics (e.g. location, goods, hours …

We use a field experiment in professional sports to compare effects of providing absolute, relative, or both absolute … and relative measures in performance reports for employees. Although studies have documented that the provision of these … types of measures can benefit performance, theory from economic and accounting literature suggests that it may be optimal …