obtain evidence on the effect of stronger incentives on productive and destructive effort. Using as control the behavior of … the same teams in a competition that experienced no changes in incentives, we provide differences-in-differences estimates …, and that indeed attendance suffered as a result of the incentive change. Thus, teams responded to stronger incentives, but …

Tournaments are designed to enhance participants’ effort and productivity. However, ranking near the top may increase … international diving tournaments. We find that competitors systematically underperform when ranked closer to the top, despite higher … incentives to perform well. …

This article examines how professional female tennis players react to (a) prize incentives and (b) heterogeneity in ex …' incentives to adjust effort according to success chances. …

This paper investigates the effects of managerial incentives on favoritism in promotion decisions. First, we … mitigated by pay-for-performance incentives for managers who decide upon promotion. Second, we analyze matched employer …

race nature of R&D tournaments. …

We empirically explore the relevance of risk taking behavior in tournaments. We make use of data from the NBA season …