economy. -- Tournaments ; managerial incentives ; ownership structure ; China ; transition economies … an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 …

an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 … effort and hence improved firm performance, and that the performance effect of the winner's prize is greater for China …

an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 … effort and hence improved firm performance, and that the performance effect of the winner's prize is greater for China …

Promotion tournaments play an important role for the provision of incentives in firms. In this paper, we extend … research on single-stage rank-order tournaments and analyze behavior in multi-stage elimination tournaments. The main treatment …

Promotion tournaments play an important role for the provision of incentives in firms. In this paper, we extend … research on single-stage rank-order tournaments and analyze behavior in multi-stage elimination tournaments. The main treatment …

Promotion tournaments play an important role for the provision of incentives in firms. In this paper, we extend … research on single-stage rank-order tournaments and analyze behavior in multi-stage elimination tournaments. The main treatment …

; favoritism ; nepotism ; tournaments …