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We run a field experiment to investigate whether competing in rank-order tournaments with different prize spreads affects individual performance. Our experiment involved students from an Italian University who took an intermediate exam in which one part was awarded on the basis of their relative...
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incentives and wage gifts on creativity. We find that tournaments substantially increase creative output, with no evidence for …
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incentives are renewed but fade when they are discontinued. Fixed bonuses lead to smaller effects. Both treatments appear to …
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misconduct by inducing them to blow the whistle. In a laboratory experiment we measure the effectiveness of incentives on the …
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Little is known about how peers influence the impact of incentives. We investigate two mechanisms by which these … effects can occur: through peers' actions and peers' incentives. In a field experiment on snack choice in the school lunchroom … (choice of grapes versus cookies), we randomize who receives incentives, the fraction of peers incentivized, and whether or …
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