Year-End Rush and Career Tournament: Theory and Evidence from Chinese Patent Applications
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Keywords
year-end rush; fourth-quarter effect; multi-stage tournament; interim relative performance; career concern; Chinese economy; Chinese patent policy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D0 - Microeconomics - - General
- D04 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; Evaluation
- L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
- M5 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics
- M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
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