Motivating Workers through Task Assignment: A Dynamic Model of Up-and-Down Competition for Status
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task assignment; status; dynamic tournament; non-wage compensation;JEL classification:
- C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
- J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
- L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
- M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CTA-2017-09-24 (Contract Theory & Applications)
- NEP-GTH-2017-09-24 (Game Theory)
- NEP-HRM-2017-09-24 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LMA-2017-09-24 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
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