show that a tournament provides strong incentives to agents who only care about their own payo¤ but that it is not …

. 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 …