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The influence of overconfidence and competition neglect on entry into competition
Schüssler, Katharina - 2018
I investigate whether two mechanisms leading to biased beliefs about success, overconfidence and competition neglect … distributions related to absolute as well as relative overconfidence to study it comprehensively and introduce two treatment … variations: First, some participants receive detailed performance feedback addressing absolute and relative overconfidence before …
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The curse of knowledge increases self-selection into competition : experimental evidence
Danz, David - 2014 - Rev.
overconfidence and overentry into competition. In a broader context, the results provide an explanation for the overconfidence of …
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Gender differences in overconfidence and decision-making in high-stakes competitions : evidence from freediving contests
Lackner, Mario; Sonnabend, Hendrik - 2020
This study examines gender differences in overconfidence and decision-making in a high-stakes environment. Using data … average, are less likely than men to overestimate their ability. This result is robust to different measures of overconfidence … overconfidence. In terms of performance, results suggest that women suffer more from overconfidence than men. …
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Can Personality Explain what is Underlying Women's Unwillingness to Compete?
Müller, Julia; Schwieren, Christiane - Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, … - 2011
There is ample evidence that women do not react to competition as men do and are less willing to enter a competition than men (e.g., Gneezy et al.(2003), Niederle and Vesterlund (2007)). In this paper, we use personality variables to understand the underlying motives of women (and men) to enter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008916029
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Inequity aversion and advantage seeking with asymmetric competition
Cox, Caleb A. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 86 (2013) C, pp. 121-136
In this experiment I study a novel three-player ultimatum game in which two proposers with unequal amounts of money simultaneously submit offers to one responder, who may accept at most one offer. I compare the predictions of inequity aversion, advantage seeking, and self-interest. Unlike...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010688115
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Gender Differences and Dynamics in Competition: The Role of Luck
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria - Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics - 2013
In a real effort experiment with repeated competition we find striking differences in how the work effort of men and women responds to previous wins and losses. For women losing per se is detrimental to productivity, but for men a loss impacts negatively on productivity only when the prize at...
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Let the market decide: an experimental study of competition and fairness
Bartling, Björn; Zehnder, Christian; Manuel, Grieder - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2014
Is competition perceived as a fair procedure? We report data from laboratory experiments where a powerful buyer can trade with one of several sellers. Sellers who feel shortchanged can engage in counterproductive behavior to punish the buyer. We find that the same unfavorable terms of trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817309
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Can personality explain what is underlying women’s unwillingness to compete?
Müller, Julia; Schwieren, Christiane - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 33 (2012) 3, pp. 448-460
There is ample evidence that women do not react to competition as men do and are less willing to enter a competition than men. In this paper, we use personality variables to understand the underlying motives of women (and men) to enter a competition or avoid it. We use the Big Five personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011051348
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Distributional Preferences and Competitive Behavior
Balafoutas, Loukas; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias - Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für … - 2011
We study experimentally the relationship between distributional preferences and competitive behavior. We find that spiteful subjects react strongest to competitive pressure and win in a tournament significantly more often than efficiency-minded and inequality averse subjects. However, when given...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799376
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Distributional preferences and competitive behavior
Balafoutas, Loukas; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 83 (2012) 1, pp. 125-135
We study experimentally the relationship between distributional preferences and competitive behavior. We find that spiteful subjects react strongest to competitive pressure and win in a tournament significantly more often than efficiency-minded and inequality averse subjects. However, when given...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010573031