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This paper addresses the selection problem in promotion tournaments. I consider a situation with heterogeneous employees and ask whether an employer might be interested in repeating a promotion tournament. On the one hand, this yields a reduction in uncertainty over the employees` abilities. On the other hand, there are costs if a workplace stays vacant.

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Year of publication:	2005-02
Authors:	Gürtler, Oliver
Institutions:	University of Bonn, Germany
Subject:	Promotion tournament \| selection \| heterogeneous employees \| repetition

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Bonn Econ Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	1 pages long
Classification:	D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information ; M51 - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions (hiring, firing, turnover, part-time, temporary workers, seniority issues)
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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