11-120/1 - The Effects of Prize Spread and Noise in Elimination Tournaments: A Natural Field Experiment

• Authors
  Josse Delfgaauw, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Robert Dur, Erasmus University Rotterdam, CESifo, IZA; Arjan Non, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Willem Verbeke, Erasmus University Rotterdam, ERIM
• Publication date
  August 11, 2011

• Keywords
  Elimination tournaments, Incentives, Prize spread, Performance measurement, Field experiment
• JEL
  C93, M51, M52