politicians accountable once they are in office. Competition plays a relevant role, as the effects are not limited to the first …

Is electoral competition good for political selection? To address this issue, we introduce a theoretical model in which …

. Men also increase their willingness to enter competition in the presence of ambiguity. Overall, both effects contribute to …

Recent research has shown that women shy away from competition more often than men. We evaluate experimentally three … Competition unless a critical number of female winners is reached. We find that Quotas and Preferential Treatment encourage women … winners is not worse. The level of cooperation in a post-competition teamwork task is even higher with successful policy …