A classroom experiment on effort allocation under relative grading

•I randomly assign quizzes to be graded on the curve in a cohort of 10 or 100 students. These represent “class sizes” for the students.•The larger cohorts elicit more effort in the form of greater time spent working on the quiz.•Contrary to theoretical predictions, even low-ability students increase...

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Volume:	62
Main Author:	Brownback, Andy
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	OXFORD Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2018 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD Elsevier B.V
published in:	Economics of education review Vol. 62; pp. 113 - 128
Data of publication:	February 2018
ISSN:	0272-7757 1873-7382
EISSN:	1873-7382
Discipline:	Education Economics
Subjects:	Economics Business & Economics Education & Educational Research Social Sciences ACHIEVEMENT DISAPPOINTMENT AVERSION INCOMPLETE INFORMATION TOURNAMENTS COMPETITION ALL-PAY AUCTIONS CLASS SIZE
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index – 2018 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS