We validate experimentally a new survey item to measure the preference for competition. The item, which measures … participants' agreement with the statement "Competition brings the best out of me", predicts individuals' willingness to compete in … validate the explanatory power of our survey item outside of the laboratory, by comparing responses across two samples with …

We validate experimentally a new survey item to measure the preference for competition. The item, which measures … participants' agreement with the statement "Competition brings the best out of me", predicts individuals' willingness to compete in … validate the explanatory power of our survey item outside of the laboratory, by comparing responses across two samples with …

these experiments can be extrapolated to the real world and whether, for example, sample selection into the experiment might … selection biases. -- experiments ; survey ; representativity …

This paper presents results from an experiment designed to study the effect of self reporting risk preferences on …

This paper presents results from an experiment designed to study the effect of self reporting risk preferences on …