to investigate the ex ante sorting effect of tournaments. This paper reports results from an experiment analyzing whether …-subject variance is substantially lower than when the same payment scheme is imposed. Mainly based on risk aversion, sorting is …

determining contest choice. Complete sorting exists only when the proportion of high-ability contestants is sufficiently small. As … this proportion increases, high-ability contestants shy away from competition and sorting decreases, such that, reverse … sorting becomes a possibility. We test our theoretical predictions with a large panel data set containing contest choice over …

incentives, to changes in marginal tax rates. We ask whether changes in marginal tax rates are less distortionary for workers …

monetary incentives, environmentally related information, social comparison, or a competition to save energy? We try to answer … small field experiment with 36 test-households. Our results indicate that monetary incentives to save energy foster the … monetary incentives - and providing social comparison induced substantial effort in our lab experiment. Extending the social …

This paper proposes a simple framework to study incentives and matching in the marketfor teachers. The framework is … incentive effect. Our analysissuggests that school competition and teacher incentives cannot be studied in isolation from …