performance worsens. Moreover, the larger the income differences, the stronger positional concern effects are observable. We also …

income differences within a team, the worse the performance of the soccer players is. The more the players are integrated in … provides an empirical analysis on how individuals’ relative income position affects their performance. Using a unique data set … a particular social environment (their team), the more evident this negative effect is. …

performance in a real competitive environment with real tasks and real incentives. …

behavior and on individual performance. While positional concerns are apparent in daily life, empirical evidence is rare in the … economic literature. This paper investigates the impact of the relative income position on individuals? performance or … productivity. As ?performance? is difficult to measure we turn to soccer players whose performance has been well documented. The …

performance in a real competitive environment with real tasks and real incentives. …

within a team, the worse the performance of the soccer players is. The more the players are integrated in a particular social … environment (their team), the more evident this negative effect is. Moreover, we find that positional effects lowering performance … provides an empirical analysis on how individuals? relative income position affects their performance. Using a unique data set …

raise or lower their performance? Behavioral evidence on these important questions is rare. This paper takes a novel … positional concerns and envy reduce individual performance. In contrast, there does not seem to be any tolerance for income …

. Finally, the paper investigates the performance impact of team effects. Our analysis provides evidence of a direct impact of …In this paper we investigate the pay-performance relationship of soccer players using individual data from eight … teammates' attributes on individual player performance …

income differences within a team, the worse the performance of the soccer players is. The more the players are integrated in … provides an empirical analysis on how individuals' relative income position affects their performance. Using a unique data set … a particular social environment (their team), the more evident this negative effect is. …