Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20846 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 647
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Many experiments indicate that most individuals are not purely motivated by material self interest, but also care about the well being of others. In this paper we examine tournaments among inequity averse agents, who dislike disadvantageous inequity (envy) and advantageous inequity (compassion). It turns out that inequity averse agents exert higher effort levels than purely self-interested agents for a given prize structure. Contrary to standard tournament theory first-best efforts can not be implemented when prizes are endogenous. Several extensions are studied like the case of spiteful agents, sabotage, asymmetric agents and an application on the choice between vertical and lateral promotions within firms.
Subjects: 
tournaments
promotions
inequity aversion
JEL: 
D63
D23
M52
M51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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