market. We use the Colombian trade liberalization episode over the period 1984–91 to investigate this claim on plant … increase in foreign competition due to unilateral trade liberalization disproportionately drove discriminating plants out of … the market. Finally, we investigate whether trade liberalization affected hiring decisions (and thus gender segregation …

experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … decision problem and to update beliefs about success. In the experiment, subjects face the choice between a competition game … and a safe outside option. We analyze subjects' entry behavior with a benchmark treatment without information and three …

our experiment subjects conduct a task where they have the possibility to make use of illegitimate tools to better their …

such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a … women. Women are mainly influenced by their degree of risk aversion, but men are not. Men compete more against men than …

We devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of competition on optimal contracts in a hidden …-information context. In our benchmark case, each principal is matched with one agent of unknown type. In our second treatment, a principal … probability of trade, and that, overall, competition between agents generates the most efficient outcomes. …

experiment. First, a model is analyzed in which two agents simultaneously decide between a risky and a safe strategy and we allow …

inefficiencies, such as under- and overtreatment or market break-down. We study in a large experiment with 936 participants the … has little influence, as predicted. Seller competition drives down prices and yields maximal trade, but does not lead to …

We study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers …