We conduct a randomized controlled trial in 180 villages in Uttar Pradesh, India, to promote the adoption of a saving commitment product new to our study population. A random set of participants are targeted by our promotional campaign. We test whether the diffusion of the product among...

Using data on team assignment and weekly output for all weavers in an urban Chinese textile firm between April 2003 and March 2004, this paper studies a) how randomly assigned teammates affect an individual worker's behavior under a tournament-style incentive scheme, and b) how such effects...