We use a quasi-experimental research design to study the introduction of a relative performance evaluation without introducing relative performance pay. The setting is a fi rm in which workers are paid piece rates and where, at some point, management begins to reveal to workers their relative...

This paper provides a rationale for equal sharing in heterogeneous partnerships. We introduce project choice and information sharing to a standard team production setting. A team with two agents can choose whether they want to work on a status quo project or on an alternative project. If the...