Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7242748 | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | 2016 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
Many public and private entities utilize incentive systems in which improvements in measured performance are rewarded only when the agent crosses some pre-specified threshold. This paper comprehensively analyzes the effects of these incentive systems on effort, the net benefits of effort, and the accuracy of information about agents' performance, and lays out methods for estimating each. These methods are then used to reveal the motivations, physiological limits, and racing strategy of ultramarathoners trying to complete a one hundred mile race in under twenty-four hours.
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Authors
Darren Grant,