第576期岭南学术论坛（经济学系列Seminar）

报告题目：Can Tournaments Induce Workaholic Behaviors? Theory and Experimental Evidence

报  告 人：张延人（复旦大学，助理研究员）

主  持 人：刘贯春（中山大学岭南学院，副教授）

时      间：2021年4月9日（周五）14:30-16:30

地      点：岭南堂汪道涵会议室

语      言：中文

摘要：

We attempt to determine if tournaments create an intrinsic desire of agents to work long and hard even after all prizes are paid out by developing a theory of workaholic behavior. We base this theory on a model for asymmetric belief updating. In this model, agents infer their productivity from their performance rank in a tournament. To maximize their psychic incomes, the agents likely attribute their performance rank to their productivity if they win and to luck if they lose. Possessing this self-serving belief, everyone overworks in a subsequent piece-rate stage. We conduct an experimental test to pinpoint the role of tournament in shaping the bias. Our data strongly support our hypothesis that revealing performance rank to subjects induces workaholism.

报告人介绍：

       张延人，复旦大学发展研究院助理研究员。博士毕业于英国阿伯丁大学国王学院，研究方向为激励理论、企业治理和区域经济发展。研究成果发表于Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization、Journal of Law, Economics and Organization以及《经济研究》等国内外知名期刊，政策报告多次获得国家领导人的批示。

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