... both a selection effect and a motivation effect. We predict and find that when employees can select into tournaments of varying prize spreads (which proxies for an environment where prize spread information is available), high-ability employees are more likely than low-ability employees to select...

...Anne M. Farrell; Jonathan H. Grenier; Justin Leiby ABSTRACT Online labor markets allow rapid recruitment of large numbers of workers for very low pay. Although online workers are often used as research participants, there is little evidence that they are motivated to make costly choices to forgo...

.... Editor's note: Accepted by Christopher D. Ittner. December 2014 October 2015 2016 target setting motivation carbon emissions environment climate change sustainability environmental performance In recent years, environmental issues and the climate change crisis have...