Arbeitspapier
Does a Short-Term Increase in Incentives Boost Performance?
If agents are exposed to continual competitive pressure, how does a short-term variation of the severity of the competition affect agents\' performance? In a real-effort laboratory experiment, we study a one-time increase in incentives in a sequence of equally incentivized contests. Our results suggest that a short-term increase in incentives induces a behavioral response but does not boost total performance.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 60
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making‡
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
- Subject
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contest
tournament
real-effort
experiment
contract theory
forward-looking
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Angelova, Vera
Giebe, Thomas
Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition
- (where)
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München und Berlin
- (when)
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2017
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Angelova, Vera
- Giebe, Thomas
- Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190 - Rationality and Competition
Time of origin
- 2017
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