To explain the mixed findings on hiring discrimination against homosexual applicants, we explore the perceptual drivers … negative attitudes towards homosexual individuals are responsible for most instances of hiring discrimination. …

evidence for statistical discrimination in the standard no-competition setup of Coate and Loury (1993). When we introduce … competition between workers of different groups, the non-discrimination equilibrium ceases to be stable. In line with this … theoretical observation, we find systematic discrimination in the experimental treatment with competition. Nevertheless, a …

teamwork post competition. Affirmative action with uncertain favored groups does not distort belief in competence, and thus … does not induce such unintended consequences. In contrast, it increases competition entry of the affirmed groups and …

This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory … experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … failure, where competition failure occurs when a subject loses the competition because the opponent holds a higher …

We investigate the impact of behavioral ordering on profits under competition. Specifically, we use controlled … from optimal order quantities result in small expected profit losses. Under competition, we find that human decision …

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 …