Teams as Superstars: Effort and Risk Taking in Rank-Order Tournaments for Women and Men
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Keywords
uperstar effects; rank-order tournaments; incentives; effort; risk-taking;JEL classification:
- D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
- M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2016-12-18 (All new papers)
- NEP-HRM-2016-12-18 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-SPO-2016-12-18 (Sports & Economics)
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