tournament and a piece-rate pay scheme before performing a real task. Men choose the tournament significantly more often than …

. We show that when the subjects choose to enter a tournament, the average effort is higher and the between …

-takes-all tournament. We find that, regardless of the pay scheme used, feedback does not improve performance. There are no significant peer … effects in the piece-rate pay scheme. In contrast, in the tournament scheme we find some evidence of positive peer effects …

. We show that when the subjects choose to enter a tournament, the average effort is higher and the between …

tournament and a piece-rate pay scheme before performing a real task. Men choose the tournament significantly more often than …