Incentives versus sorting in tournaments: Evidence from a field experiment

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 637-658

  Leuven, Edwin ^a   Oosterbeek, Hessel ^b   Sonnemans, Joep ^b   van der Klaauw, Bas ^c  

^a CREST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79959654731     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659345     Document Type: Article

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