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The Emergence of Male Leadership in Competitive Environments

Reuben, Ernesto - 2011

We present evidence from an experiment in which groups select a leader to compete against the leaders of other groups in a real-effort task that they have all performed in the past. We find that women are selected much less often as leaders than is suggested by their individual past performance....

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Competition, Cooperation, and Collective Choice

Markussen, Thomas - 2012

economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … situation. Experimental results show that the competitive scheme fosters cooperation. Competition is popular but also that the … electoral outcome depends strongly on specific voting rules of institutional choice. If the majority decides, competition is …

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Meet the Press : How Voters and Politicians Respond to Newspaper Entry and Exit

Drago, Francesco - 2013

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

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Competing on Good Politicians

Galasso, Vincenzo - 2009

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

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Competitiveness and the Gender Gap Among Young Business Professionals

Reuben, Ernesto - 2015

Important gender differences in earnings and career trajectories persist. Particularly, in professions such as business. Gender differences in competitiveness have been proposed as a potential explanation. Using an incentivized measure of competitiveness, this paper investigates whether...

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