The Effects of Prize Structures on Innovative Performance
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- Graff Zivin, Joshua & Lyons, Elizabeth, 2020. "The Effects of Prize Structures on Innovative Performance," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt8637337w, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
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- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2020-03-09 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2020-03-09 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-INO-2020-03-09 (Innovation)
- NEP-LMA-2020-03-09 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
- NEP-SBM-2020-03-09 (Small Business Management)
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