Honesty in tournaments

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2014
Volume: 123
Issue: 1
Pages: 90-93

Score contribution per author:

0.202 = (α=2.02 / 5 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We apply the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013) to a two-player tournament incentive scheme. Our treatments vary the prize spread. The data highlights that honesty is more pronounced when the prize spread is small.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:123:y:2014:i:1:p:90-93
Journal Field
General
Author Count
5
Added to Database
2026-01-25