This paper analyzes data from a tournament, namely the National Hockey League regular scheduled season of games, which …

which the agents differ in their productivity the time structure of the tournament however influences its prize structure … leads to the result that the principal prefers a sequential rather than a simultaneous tournament …

sequential tournament, under certain conditions the first acting agent chooses a preemptively high effort so that the following …

tournament. In this dynamic setting we test (i) whether giving continuous feedback (vs. final ex post feedback) on the opponent … tournament. Continuous feedback on the counterpart's reports increases cheating under the piece-rate scheme but not in a … scheme in use (piece rate vs. tournament). We also vary whether the opponent is able to cheat or not. We find that people lie …

-takes-all tournament. We find that, regardless of the pay scheme used, feedback does not improve performance. There are no significant peer … employee effort. We explore three information policies: No feedback about relative performance, feedback given halfway through … the production period, and continuously updated feedback. The pay schemes are a piece rate payment scheme and a winner …

We run a field experiment to investigate whether competing in rank-order tournaments with different prize spreads … affects individual performance. Our experiment involved students from an Italian University who took an intermediate exam in …

our experiment subjects conduct a task where they have the possibility to make use of illegitimate tools to better their …