-takes-all competition based on similar skills. We show that individual differences in feedback responsiveness explain an important part of … the variation in confidence and competition entry decisions. Conservatism is correlated across tasks and predicts … competition entry both by influencing beliefs and independently of beliefs, suggesting it can be considered a personal trait …

of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment … compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of their score and the outcome of the competition. Conditional on the …

correlated with choosing to enter the voluntary competition for women. In Experiment 2 we exogenously induce stress using the … explain the gender gap in competitiveness. Experiment 1 studies whether stress responses (measured with salivary cortisol and … through self-assessment) to taking part in a mandatory competition predict individual willingness to participate in a …

laboratory experiment solve a simple arithmetics task first under a piece rate and then under a competitive tournament scheme …

lab experiment perform the same real-effort task over several rounds. In each round, they have to choose between piece …-rate remuneration and a winner-takes-all competition. At the end of each round, those who compete get feedback on the competition … 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 … than the outcome of competition. The fact that women are more likely to give up competing after a setback may help to …

Competition involves two dimensions, rivalry for resources and social-status ranking. In our experiment we exclude the …

works in anindividual decision experiment. Subjects are faced with a sequentialsearch problem. After extensive practice …