We theoretically and experimentally analyze the role of verifiability and privacy in strategic performance feedback …-serving biases and engage in non-Bayesian social comparisons in their interpretation of performance feedback. …

different performance technologies. We consider a setting where the principal can provide truthful information on agents …' performances or strategically withhold feedback. We find that if team performance is determined by the best performer (the "best …, in which case no feedback is best. If, on the other hand, team performance is determined by the worst performer (the …