Showing 1 - 10 of 4,884
the performances of co-workers. Assuming heterogeneity among the workers the interplay of emotions and incentives is … analyzed by focusing on three incentive schemes that are frequently used in practice: tournaments, bonuses and piece rates. We … identify certain conditions under which emotions lead to additional incentives and under which the employer benefits from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262021
the performances of co-workers. Assuming heterogeneity among the workers the interplay of emotions and incentives is … analysed by focusing on three incentive schemes that are frequently used in practice: tournaments, bonuses and piece rates. We … identify certain conditions under which emotions lead to additional incentives and under which the employer benefits from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263111
This paper examines how professional female tennisplayers react to: i) prize incentives and ii) heterogeneity in ex … players' incentives to adjust effort according to success chances. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267652
Rank-order tournaments are usually modeled simultaneously. However, real tournaments are often sequential. We show that … agents’ strategic behavior in sequential-move tournaments significantly differ from the one in simultaneous-move tournaments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263117
It is difficult to test the prediction that future career prospects create implicit effort incentives because …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442390
an experiment with piece-rate incentives we find that the comparative static and the point predictions on effort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528809
an experiment with piece-rate incentives we find that the comparative static and the point predictions on effort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530634
an experiment with piece-rate incentives we find that the comparative static and the point predictions on effort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518803
To test and replicate the superstar effect reported by Brown (2011) we empirically study contests where a single entrant has an endogenously higher probability of winning. Unlike the previous literature, we test for the presence of the superstar effect in several different contexts. Ultimately,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647661
It is difficult to test the prediction that future career prospects create implicit effort incentives because …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011808006