Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 3,509
Cover Image
Competitiveness and Employability
Demiral, Elif; Mollerstrom, Johanna - 2022
We investigate the impact on perceived and actual employability when job candidates signal different personal tastes for competitions. Using three experiments, with over 2000 participants in total, we show that candidates who are not willing to compete at all risk being perceived as less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013307450
Cover Image
The impact of losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges
Buser, Thomas - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010383874
Cover Image
The impact of losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges
Buser, Thomas - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010373763
Cover Image
Cooperativeness and Competitiveness in Children
Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo; Dreber, Anna; von Essen, Emma; … - 2015
Cooperation and competition are both essential elements of economic life. Here we explore how cooperativeness in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014137086
Cover Image
Cooperativeness and Competitiveness in Children
Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo; Dreber, Anna; von Essen, Emma; … - 2014
Cooperation and competition are both essential elements of economic life. Here we explore how cooperation in a prisoner …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014146125
Cover Image
Do men matter to female competition even when they don't?
Birk, Erica G.; Lee, Logan M.; Waddell, Glen R. - 2016
men without the element of direct competition, which allows for the identification of psychological effects of competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531865
Cover Image
Salience, competition, and decoy goods
Herweg, Fabian; Müller, Daniel; Weinschenk, Philipp - 2016
competition by a competitive fringe that produces low quality. We show that the brand manufacturer optimally provides a decoy good …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557863
Cover Image
Competition for Promotion Can Induce Household Specialization Between Equally Competitive Spouses
Bastani, Spencer; Dickmanns, Lisa; Giebe, Thomas; … - 2022
We analyze equally competitive spouses competing for promotion in their respective workplaces and show that an asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare-superior to the symmetric equilibrium are highlighted. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013292778
Cover Image
Competition for Promotion Can Induce Household Specialization between Equally Competitive Spouses
Bastani, Spencer; Dickmanns, Lisa; Giebe, Thomas; … - 2022
We analyze equally competitive spouses competing for promotion in their respective workplaces and show that an asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare-superior to the symmetric equilibrium are highlighted. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013293277
Cover Image
Do just deserts and competition shape patterns of cheating?
Grundmann, Susanna - 2020
luck and whether there is competition for a high income. In the luck treatments, just deserts would imply that subjects aim … subjects from cheating for their personal gain. Competition has no systematic effect on cheating. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012163066