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already observed in the literature, we find that significantly more men than women choose the tournament. The gender of the co … tournament incentives, or allowing the participants to choose the gender of their co-participant, increases women's willingness …This paper experimentally investigates if and how people's competitiveness depends on their own gender and on the …
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such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a …Male and female choices differ in many economic situations, e.g., on the labor market. This paper considers whether … tournament and a piece-rate pay scheme before performing a real task. Men choose the tournament significantly more often than …
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such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a …Male and female choices differ in many economic situations, e.g., on the labor market. This paper considers whether … tournament and a piece-rate pay scheme before performing a real task. Men choose the tournament significantly more often than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792259
Men are known to have a higher taste for competition than women. This paper presents an experiment that analyses the … different determinants of the choice to enter a competition : beliefs and the competition level. As far as entry in the … competition is concerned, low-performing subjects adapt their decision entry to the level of the competition, whereas high …
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Are women disproportionately attracted to work environments where cooperation rather than competition is rewarded? This … paper reports the results of a real-effort experiment in which participants choose between an individual compensation scheme … the observed patterns in the team-entry gender gap: (1) a gender gap in confidence in others (i.e. women are less …
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Network neutrality has recently been the topic of an important debate, in both the telecommunication and political worlds, because of its potential impact in every-day life. While there has been many studies discussing the advantages and drawbacks of neutrality, there is no game-theoretical...
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competition game, which models the price competition between the MNO and the MVNO; and a subscription game, which models the … value, for the bargain; Nash equilibrium, for the competition; and Wardrop equilibrium, for the subscription. The paper … assesses which conditions lead to an equilibrium where the competition does take place, which are expressed as restrictions for …
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We devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of bargaining power on the design and the selection … number of agents because competition reduces the agents' informational monopoly power. However, this environment also … tendency to choose more 'generous' (and more efficient) contract menus over time. We find that competition leads to a …
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We devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of competition on optimal contracts in a hidden … principals. We first show theoretically how these different degrees of competition affect outcomes and efficiency. Informational … relative number of agents because competition reduces the agents' informational monopoly power. However, this environment also …
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We devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of competition on optimal contracts in a hidden … principals. We first show theoretically how these different degrees of competition affect outcomes and efficiency. Informational … relative number of agents because competition reduces the agents' informational monopoly power. However, this environment also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791535