usually taken as an argument against the necessity of government intervention through Pigouvian taxation in order to correct … be prevented from always trying to exploit all gains from trade, may in fact be solved by taxation. Thus, in our … framework Coasean bargaining is not a substitute for Pigouvian taxation; instead it is the very reason for government …

composition. We present evidence from a field experiment designed to evaluate the impact of rank incentives and tournaments on the … productivity and composition of teams. Strengthening incentives, either through rankings or tournaments, makes workers more likely … incentives only reduce the productivity of teams at the bottom of the productivity distribution, and monetary prize tournaments …

A vast body of empirical studies lends support to the incentive effects of rank-order tournaments. Evidence comes from … tournaments may bias these non-experimental studies, whereas short task duration or lack of distracters may limit the external … where students selected themselves into tournaments with different prizes. Within each tournament the best performing …

Using a unique data source on academic economist labour market experiences, we explore gender, pay and promotions. In … contrast to the existing literature, we find both a gender promotions gap and a within-rank gender pay gap. A driving factor …