Contest Schemes and Dynamic Incentive Provision

The authors thank the associate editor, two anonymous referees, Christian Hofmann, Guoyu Lin, Florin Sabac, Yun Zhang, and workshop participants at the University of Alberta, the 2016 European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) 12th workshop on Economics and Accounting, the 2016 American Association Annual meeting, and the 2016 University of British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington (UBCOW) conference at University of Washington for helpful comments and discussions.