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The Economics of Credence Goods : On the Role of Liability, Verifiability, Reputation and Competition

Dulleck, Uwe - 2009

has little influence, as predicted. Seller competition drives down prices and yields maximal trade, but does not lead to …

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How Uncertainty and Ambiguity in Tournaments Affect Gender Differences in Competitive Behavior

Balafoutas, Loukas - 2019

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

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Competitiveness of Entrepreneurs and Salaried Workers

Balafoutas, Loukas; Batsaikhan, Mongoljin; Sutter, Matthias - 2021

We measure the willingness to compete of entrepreneurs and salaried workers in an experiment. We let participants choose between a piece-rate and a tournament scheme either in private or in public. We find that in the private condition entrepreneurs are less competitive than salaried workers,...

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Gender Differences in Competition Emerge Early in Life

Sutter, Matthias - 2010

We study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers, aged three to eighteen years. Using an easy math task for children older than eight years and a running task for the younger ones we find that boys are much more likely to...

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Gender, Competition and the Efficiency of Policy Interventions

Balafoutas, Loukas - 2010

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 …

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