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This paper examines field experiment in which we encourage the use of computer-based tests (quizzes) through a set of non-financial incentives and test their effect on effort and performance of students. Our identification strategy exploits cross-cohort experimental variation in assessment rules...
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paper proposes a theory of incentive design allowing for such distorted behavior. At the heart of the theory is a trade … proofs for various widely-spread perceived wisdoms about incentive design and distorted behavior. …
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The longer an agent is employed in a job, the more the principal will have learned about his ability through the history of performance. With implicit incentives, influence perceptions and effort incentives decrease over time. Rotating agents to a different job deletes learning effects about...
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Managers often use tournament incentive schemes which motivate workers to compete for the top, compete to avoid the … bottom, or both. In this paper we test the effectiveness and efficiency of these incentive schemes. To do so, we utilize … levels for three tournament incentive schemes: reward tournaments, punishment tournaments, and tournaments combining reward …
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This paper analyzes intertemporal effort provision in two-stage tournaments. A principal with a fixed budget for prizes faces two risk-neutral agents. He observes noisy signals of effort in both periods. His goal is to maximize either total efforts (perfect substitutes) or the product of first-...
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