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The ability of groups to implement efficiency-enhancing institutions is emerging as a central theme of research in economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma situation. Experimental results show that the...
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This paper reports the results from a large-scale laboratory experiment investigating the impact of tournament …
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differences in performance in four distinct competitive situations. These were as follows: (i) the standard tournament game where …
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We study the effects of communication in an experimental tournament between teams. When teams, rather than individuals …
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differences in betting odds or rankings to measure ability differences, our results support standard tournament theory as we find …
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tournament system induces a higher total output than the optimum premium system. This result occurs because a promotion regime …
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We utilize a laboratory experiment to compare effort provision under optimal tournament contracts with different … tournament contract incorporating both incentives at the top and at the bottom induces the highest effort, especially in larger …
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This study experimentally investigates gender quotas in light of peer review. We investigate competitions with and without gender quotas and a peer review process that allows for sabotage. Our findings show that the possibility of peer sabotage renders the gender quota ineffective in encouraging...
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This paper reports the results from a large-scale laboratory experiment investigating the impact of tournament …
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This paper reports the results from a large-scale laboratory experiment investigating the impact of tournament …
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