“...Although relative performance schemes are pervasive in organizations, reliable empirical data on induced sabotage behavior are almost nonexistent. We study...”

“...From an employer's perspective, a tournament should induce agents to exert productive activities but refrain from destructive ones. We experimentally test the...”

“...We experimentally analyze whether being exposed to different incentive schemes induces subjects to change their behavior. In particular, we investigate the...”

“...We study how help can be fostered by means of a team bonus in the presence of rankorder tournaments. In a simple model we combine elements of relative rewards...”

“...Based on two representative samples of employees, the German Socio Economic Panel and the European Social Survey, we explore the relation between certain...”

“...We propose experiments in virtual reality (VR) as a new approach to examining behavior in an economic context, e.g., heterogeneity in dynamic tournaments. We...”

“...In organizational theory, it is a widely accepted postulate that cooperation among subjects is enforceable. This assumption is essential for the evaluation of...”

“...Tournament incentive schemes offer payments dependent on relative performance and are intended thereby to motivate agents to exert productive effort...”

“...•We analyze a model on how to encourage help in tournaments by team incentives.•We compare the predictions of the model in a tailored one-shot experiment.•The...”