We investigate whether the effect of relative performance information on tournament performance depends on the tournament's prize structure. We focus on the effect of relative performance information on two tournament prize structures: a two-tier structure in which only the top performer...

We examine theoretically and experimentally how combining between-team and within-team incentives affects behavior in team tournaments. Theory predicts that free-riding is likely to occur when there are only between-team incentives, and offering within-team incentives may solve this problem....