Leader Effects in Competition among Teams: Evidence from a Field Intervention

We thank Alberto Abadie, Robert Bloomfield (discussant), Susanna Gallani (discussant), Jeremy Griffin, Ranjani Krishnan, Michal Matějka, Eduardo Melero, Nerio Peitiado, Nelson Pugliese, Fede Rago, Danielle Tussing, Rebecca Van Handel, and seminar participants at the 2018 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, 2017 European Accounting Association Annual Meeting, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Dartmouth College, Harvard University, 2017 International Academic Program Cambridge Research Symposium, IE Business School, ISEG–Universidade de Lisboa, 2017 Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universidad de Chile, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, The University of Iowa, 2016 University of Notre Dame Conference, The University of Toledo, and University of Toronto for helpful comments. Eugie Lee provided excellent research assistance. Pablo Casas-Arce gratefully acknowledges the financial support from Arizona State University and the Spanish Ministry of Science Innovation and Universities, grant ECO2017-89240-P (AEI/FEDER, UE), and F. Asís Martínez-Jerez from the University of Notre Dame.

Declarations of interest: none. All errors are our own.

In memory of Leo Cesario.

Pablo Casas-Arce, Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business, School of Accountancy, Tempe, AZ, USA; F. Asís Martínez-Jerez, Cornell University, SC Johnson College of Business, School of Hotel Administration, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Editor's note: Accepted by Brian D. Cadman, under the Senior Editorship of Mary E. Barth.