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When pressure sinks performance: evidence from diving competitions

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

Tournaments are designed to enhance participants’ effort and productivity. However, ranking near the top may increase psychological pressure and reduce performance. We empirically study the impact of interim rank on performance using data from international diving tournaments. We find that...

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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

We investigate the salary returns to the ability to play football with both feet. The majority of footballers are predominantly right footed. Using two data sets, a cross-section of footballers in the five main European leagues and a panel of players in the German Bundesliga, we find robust...

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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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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 participating in international weightlifting competitions. Weightlifting competitions are multistage tournaments with the unique characteristic that the athletes must announce in...

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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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Endogenous liquidity and contagion

Rahi, Rohit; Zigrand, Jean-Pierre - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

. Our model is well-suited to study the contagion-like eects of liquidity shocks. …

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Financial contagion through capital connections: a model of the origin and spread of bank panics

Dasgupta, Amil - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

Financial contagion is modeled as an equilibrium phenomenon in a dynamic setting with incomplete information and … failure of a financial institution. We show that contagion is possible in the unique equilibrium of the economy and … of contagion risk. Our results suggest that when the probability of bank failure is low, maximal levels of interbank …

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Equilibrium analysis, banking, contagion and financial fragility

Tsomocos, Dimitrios P. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

for positive default levels in equilibrium. It also characterises contagion and financial fragility as an equilibrium …

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Market quality and contagion in fragmented markets

Rahi, Rohit; Zigrand, Jean-Pierre - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

proxies. The model is especially well-suited to study the contagion-like effects of liquidity shocks. …

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Systemic sovereign risk: macroeconomic implications in the euro area

Bahaj, Saleem A. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

What are the macroeconomic implications of changes in sovereign risk premia? In this paper, I use a novel identification strategy coupled with a new dataset for the Euro Area to answer this question. I show that exogenous innovations in sovereign risk premia were an important driver of the...

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