competitive, the collusive, and the Cournot-Nash outcome, respectively. In the experiment we employ three information treatments …

of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment …

lab experiment perform the same real-effort task over several rounds. In each round, they have to choose between piece … effect is also present for high performers. In an additional experiment, I show that giving feedback to non-competers might …

experiment, we show that men are more likely than women to start and keep competing after receiving positive feedback. In a third … experiment, we show that the gender difference in the reaction to losing is not present when winning and losing are random rather …

laboratory experiment, we compare the effects of bidders' limited liability in the first-price sealed-bid auction and the English …

such as defense procurement. This contradicts predictions from standard economic theory. We conduct a laboratory experiment … literatures. The theory of planned behaviour explains why organizations may engage in contract auditing even when markets are … imperfect. Social preference theory explains why traders may adjust prices when a contract audit indicates that the original …

our experiment perform two different tasks according to three treatments: one where they perform the tasks sequentially …

by an experiment. Finally, we show how partial information transmission can lead to communication failure, and show how …