题目：Choosing the best pond to motivate performance: relative feedback and performance in groups
主讲人：娄汉林 悉尼科技大学 经济学博士研究生
澳大利亚莫纳什大学应用计量经济学硕士，悉尼科技大学经济学博士研究生在读。主要研究领域为行为经济学，应用计量经济学和卫生经济学。
时间：2021-06-30 14:00-14:50
地点：综合楼741会议室
简介：
The effect of relative performance feedback, especially ordinal rank feedback, on performance has been broadly discussed in recent decades. However, there are few studies on the relationship between the impacts of providing relative performance feedback and the choice of comparison groups. Based on prospect theory and theory of goals as reference points, this paper develops a theoretical framework for how revealing rank information affects motivation. It suggests that how individuals respond to the rank achieved depend on their reference point choice. In particular, individuals have more incentive to exert effort as they get close to the reference point adopted. We conjecture that splitting a large comparison group into multiple smalls gives individuals more chance to be closer to the reference point, making them more sensitive to ranking information. This paper introduces a field experiment conducted in a high school. The results show that rank feedback provision has positive effects on subsequent performance, and the effect tends to be enhanced in smaller same-ability groups.