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Buser, Thomas; Cappelen, Alexander W.; Tungodden, Bertil - 2021

in society: competition is not always fair. The playing field may be uneven and competitors of unequal strength. In our … experiment, we systematically vary the fairness of the competition setting. We find that concerns for the chance of winning trump … willing to impose competition on opponents who have been exogenously handicapped or are known to be weaker. A majority are …

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The origins of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations : causal evidence from a mentoring intervention

Boneva, Teodora; Buser, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian - 2021

We present evidence on the role of the social environment for the development of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations. First, we document that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more pronounced among adolescents with low socioeconomic status...

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The anatomy of competitiveness

Buser, Thomas; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2023

preferences for competition. In this study, we provide a more detailed view on competitiveness by differentiating between four … different motivations for entering competitions - enjoyment of competition, desire to win, competition for personal development …

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The anatomy of competitiveness

Buser, Thomas; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2023

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The Origins of Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Earnings Expectations : Causal Evidence from a Mentoring Intervention

Boneva, Teodora; Buser, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian - 2021

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Gender, Competitiveness and Career Choices

Buser, Thomas - 2012

Gender differences in competitiveness are often discussed as a potential explanation for gender differences in education and labor market outcomes. We correlate an incentivized measure of competitiveness with an important career choice of secondary school students in the Netherlands. At the age...

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The origins of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations : causal evidence from a mentoring intervention

Boneva, Teodora; Buser, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian - 2024

We investigate the role played by the social environment in the development of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations. First, we find that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more pronounced among adolescents with low socioeconomic status...

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Hormones and social preferences

Buser, Thomas - 2011

We examine whether social preferences are determined by hormones. We do this by investigating whether markers for the strength of prenatal testosterone exposure (finger length ratios) and current exposure to progesterone and oxytocin (the menstrual cycle) are correlated with choices in social...

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The Flipside of Comparative Payment Schemes

Buser, Thomas; Dreber, Anna - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

piece-rate scheme, individuals in a winner-takes-all competition are significantly less cooperative in the public goods game …. A lottery treatment, where the winner is decided by luck, has the same effect. In a competition treatment with feedback …

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The Impact of Losing in a Competition on the Willingness to seek Further Challenges

Buser, Thomas - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

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 …

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