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Heterogeneity and Performance in Tournaments: A Test for Incentive Effects using Professional Tennis Data
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Abstract This paper provides an approach to test whether greater
heterogeneity of contestants leads to lower effort exertion in
elimination tournaments, as predicted by conventional tournament
models. This prediction is difficult to test with real world data
because effort is difficult to measure. Based on a... view more
This paper provides an approach to test whether greater
heterogeneity of contestants leads to lower effort exertion in
elimination tournaments, as predicted by conventional tournament
models. This prediction is difficult to test with real world data
because effort is difficult to measure. Based on a simple behavioral
model, testable implications are derived and an identification
strategy is suggested that allows to test for an incentive effect of
heterogeneity even when effort is unobservable. The application uses
data from professional tennis tournaments and provides evidence that
heterogeneity affects the incentives to exert effort.... view less
Classification
Leisure Research
Applied Psychology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 3199-3208
Journal
Applied Economics, 41 (2009) 25
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840802243789
ISSN
1466-4283
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)