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Risk taking and performance in multistage tournaments: evidence from weightlifting competitions

Genakos, Christos; Pagliero, Mario - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

We analyze the impact of interim ranking on the risk taking and performance behaviour of professional athletes …

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School quality, child wellbeing and parents' satisfaction

Gibbons, Stephen; Silva, Olmo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

Researchers in economics of education usually assume that parents choose schools for their high academic performance …

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Terrorism and international tourism: the case of Germany

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Franke, Bastian; Maennig, Wolfgang - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

We analyse how German tourists react to unanticipated shocks that alter their risk perception of selected tourism destinations. Using a difference-in-difference strategy which flexibly accounts for macroeconomic conditions and also addresses potential problems of serial correlation, we isolate...

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The returns to scarce talent: footedness and player remuneration in European soccer

Bryson, Alex; Frick, Bernd; Simmons, Rob - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

controlling for available player performance measures. We assess how this premium varies across the salary distribution and by …

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Medical tourism in Romania: the case study of cardiovascular rehabilitation in Covasna

Darabont, Roxana Oana; Suceveanu, Paul; Suceveanu, Mihaela - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Romania has one of the highest mortality rates in Europe for ischemic heart disease and, especially, for cerebrovascular disease. Taking into account the actual prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, an augmentation of the demand for specialized medical services is expected. As this paper...

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When pressure sinks performance: evidence from diving competitions

Garbi, Elni; Genakos, Christos; Pagliero, Mario - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

psychological pressure and reduce performance. We empirically study the impact of interim rank on performance using data from …

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Gender differences in response to big stakes

Azmat, Ghazala; Calsamiglia, Caterina; Iriberri, Nagore - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

. In a natural experiment, we study the gender difference in performance resulting from changes in stakes. We use detailed … information on the performance of high-school students and exploit the variation in the stakes of tests, which range from 5% to 27 …

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Can a work organization have an attitude problem? The impact of workplaces on employee attitude and economic outcomes

Bartel, Ann; Ichniowski, Casey; Kleiner, Morris; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

In this study we examine whether a workplace can induce good or bad attitudes among its employees and whether any such ¿workplace attitudes¿ affect economic outcomes. This study analyzes responses of thousands of employees working in nearly two hundred branches to the emp loyee opinion survey...

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All-Star or benchwarmer? relative age, cohort size and career success in the NHL

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Zhang, Tingting - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

We analyze the performance outcomes of National Hockey League (NHL) players over 18 seasons (1990-1991 to 2007-2008) as … chiefly by supply-side factors in the form of excess cohort competition and not quality differences since the performance of … cohorts. Performance-adjusted wage losses for those born in large birth cohorts are therefore greater than the raw estimates …

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Corporate ownership structure and performance in Europe

Grant, Jeremy; Kirchmaier, Thomas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

to performance. For the first time we employ a Hodrick-Prescott Filter, a methodology widely used in macroeconomics to …

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