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-rate remuneration and a winner-takes-all competition. At the end of each round, those who compete get feedback on the competition …
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tourist sector and the increasing competition on the tourist market as a consequence of the transition from mass tourism to a …
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We use fluctuations of female sex hormones occurring naturally over the menstrual cycle or induced by hormonal contraceptives to determine the importance of sex hormones in explaining gender differences in competitiveness. Participants in a laboratory experiment solve a simple arithmetics task...
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through self-assessment) to taking part in a mandatory competition predict individual willingness to participate in a … voluntary competition. We find that while the mandatory competition does increase stress levels, there is no gender difference … correlated with choosing to enter the voluntary competition for women. In Experiment 2 we exogenously induce stress using the …
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The potential relationship between domestic environmental regulation and internationalcompetitiveness has evoked various speculations. The common neoclassical train of thought is thatstrict environmental regulation is detrimental to the competitiveness of industry, and that itinduces phenomena...
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We present evidence on the role of the social environment for the development of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations. First, we document that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more pronounced among adolescents with low socioeconomic status...
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We assess the predictive power of two measures of competitiveness for education and labor market outcomes using a large, representative survey panel. The first is incentivized and is an online adaptation of the laboratory-based Niederle-Vesterlund measure. The second is an unincentivized survey...
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Any form of Brexit will impact heterogeneously in terms of sectors and regions on the competitiveness of firms in both the UK and Europe. The ongoing uncertainty about the conditions under which the UK will be leaving the EU, creates difficulties in structurally estimating these impacts. Using...
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We examine gender differences in competitiveness, using a TV game show where the winner of an elimination competition … plays a game of chance worth hundreds of thousands of euros. At several stages of the competition, contestants face a choice … entirely from women avoiding competition against men. When the decision to compete is strategic and contestants should factor …
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preferences for competition. In this study, we provide a more detailed view on competitiveness by differentiating between four … different motivations for entering competitions - enjoyment of competition, desire to win, competition for personal development …
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