Testing the incentive effects in tournaments with a superstar

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 393-404

  Tanaka, Ryuichi ^a   Ishino, Kazutoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Golf; Incentives; Prize allocation; Tournament model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865555697     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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