Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from … competition. Our subjects (students just under 15 years of age) attend publicly-funded single-sex and coeducational schools. We … the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences …

economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … situation. Experimental results show that the competitive scheme fosters cooperation. Competition is popular but the electoral … outcome depends strongly on specific voting rules of institutional choice. If the majority decides, competition is almost …

particular, this Paper shows that when matching is assortative and sellers’ investments precede market competition then … competition for matches may solve hold-up and coordination problems generated by the absence of complete contingent contracts. In … competition. These inefficiencies lead to sellers’ under-investments due to a hold-up problem but, when competition is at its peak …

We examine a Bertrand competition game between two intermediaries offering matching services between two sides of a … that are contingent on successful matching or the possibility of registration with two intermediaries drastically reduces …

tournament structure explains the performance gender-gap. We find that performance is statistically lower for women, the variance …Using data from a natural experiment with high payoffs in education, we examine whether the competitive nature of …-order-stochastically dominates that of men. We reject differences in risk aversion and ability as reasons for performance gender-gap. …

In a dynamic model of sports competition, we show that when spectators care only about the level of effort exerted by …

tournament where they are ranked according to the quality of their services, and rewarded in terms of contract renewals. We …

high-prize tournament, while low-ability agents compete for the low prize. However, there are also equilibria in which … agents follow a mixed strategy and there can be reverse sorting, i.e. low-ability agents are in the tournament with the high … prize, while high-ability agents are in the low-prize tournament. We show that total effort always decreases compared to a …