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Gender, emotions, and tournament performance in the laboratory
Halladay, Brianna - In: Games 8 (2017) 3, pp. 1-26
remains unaffected. Remarkably, there is no gender gap in tournament performance when there are negative emotions … these environments and resulting economic consequences. Using a two-stage laboratory experiment, I analyze the role of … reported emotions in tournament performance and assess how the behavioral response differs across genders. The first stage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011709205
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Do output-dependent prizes alleviate the sabotage problem in tournaments?
Glökler, Thomas; Pull, Kerstin; Stadler, Manfred - In: Games 13 (2022) 5, pp. 1-20
We investigate whether tournament prizes that depend on joint output ("variable prize tournaments") can alleviate the … sabotage problem which is otherwise inherent in tournament struc- tures. In a game-theoretical model with three contestants, we … the incen- tives to sabotage in a fixed-prize tournament may be counteracted in a variable-prize tournament such that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014418051
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Gender and nominal power in multilateral bargaining
Maaser, Nicola; Paetzel, Fabian; Traub, Stefan - In: Games 13 (2022) 1, pp. 1-25
. Maaser, Paetzel and Traub (Games and Economic Behavior, 2019) conducted an experiment to investigate the effect of such … nominal power differences in the classic Baron-Ferejohn model. This paper re-analyzes the data from that experiment, looking … at gender differences in bargaining behavior and in the effect of nominal weights. We find that women and men differ in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171871
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The impact of organizer market structure on participant entry behavior in a multi-tournament environment
Mathews, Timothy; Namoro, Soiliou Daw; Boudreau, James W. - In: Games 14 (2023) 1, pp. 1-21
A multi-tournament environment is analyzed, focusing on the impact of organizer market structure on agent entry … behavior. Two high ability agents first decide which tournament to enter (with fields then filled by low ability agents). If … organizers, implying greater organizer competition does not necessarily increase Social Welfare. Parallels are noted throughout …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014420155
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Gender, emotions, and tournament performance in the laboratory
Halladay, Brianna - In: Games 8 (2017) 3, pp. 1-26
remains unaffected. Remarkably, there is no gender gap in tournament performance when there are negative emotions … these environments and resulting economic consequences. Using a two-stage laboratory experiment, I analyze the role of … reported emotions in tournament performance and assess how the behavioral response differs across genders. The first stage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852692
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Gender differences in the response to decision power and responsibility : framing effects in a dictator game
Bruttel, Lisa Verena; Stolley, Florian - In: Games 9 (2018) 2/28, pp. 1-16
depending on the dictator’s gender. We find that only men react positively to a text that stresses their responsibility for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011849527
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Representing others in a public good game
Hauge, Karen Evelyn; Rogeberg, Ole - In: Games 6 (2015) 3, pp. 381-393
individuals with contribution decisions made by group representatives. We present the results from a laboratory experiment that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380902
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Pledges of commitment and cooperation in partnerships
Deer, Lachlan; Bayer, Ralph-C. - In: Games 7 (2016) 1, pp. 1-16
We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously-formed partnerships facing a social dilemma. Treatments vary in terms of the individual's: (1) opportunity to commit to their partner; (2) the cost of dissolving committed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453248
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Determinants of equilibrium selection in network formation : an experiment
Hoyer, Britta; Rosenkranz, Stephanie - In: Games 9 (2018) 4/89, pp. 1-25
starting network. To study factors affecting equilibrium selection, we designed a network formation experiment with multiple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012014878
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To tender or not to tender? : deliberate and exogenous sunk costs in a public good game
Heine, Florian; Sefton, Martin - In: Games 9 (2018) 3/41, pp. 1-28
In an experimental study, we compare individual willingness to cooperate in a public good game after an initial team contest phase. While players in the treatment setup make a conscious decision on how much to invest in the contest, this decision is exogenously imposed on players in the control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891197