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q,f Mich:t\'g,afi and thro,ugh ,funds granted to the Institute for Research on fFqverty,"'at· the-University of Wisconsin-Madison pursuant to the provisions " of the' Economic <ppportunity Act of 1964. The opinions expressed and any erro;rs' are the responsibility of the author. ' " This study is an investigation of the extended properties of income-leisure preference structures. The methodolog...

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In practice, two types of tournaments can be distinguished − U-type and J-type tournaments. In U-type tournaments, workers receive prizes that have been fixed in advance. In J-type tournaments, the employer fixes an aggregate wage bill in advance, which is then shared among the workers according to their relative performance. The results of the paper show that the outcomes of the two tournament...

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