In this paper, we analyze a principal's optimal feedback policy in tournaments. We close a gap in the literature by … assuming the principal to be unable to commit to a certain policy at the beginning of the tournament. Our analysis shows that …

study such preferences in a laboratory experiment by eliciting the willingness-to-pay to receive or to avoid verbal feedback …Depending on the context at hand, people's preference for receiving feedback might differ. Especially in allocation … decisions that directly concern another individual, feedback from the affected person can have positive or negative value. We …

)honest behaviour from other possible sources of influence. Second, to my best knowledge this is the first experiment which investigates …

experiment that varies freelance professionals’ incentives to attract attention about scientific findings, with several online …