oneself (self-competition), similar to what is found whencompeting against others (other-competition). In one laboratory and … and suggest that these factorscan account for the different findings. Finally, we document that self-competition does … noworse than other-competition in terms of performance boosting. …

uncertainty affects work performance and willingness to compete in the field, it can be studied in a controlled lab experiment. We … willingness to enter competition with uncertainty and ambiguity, but men react slightly more than women. Overall, both effects … present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but where the number of winners is either uncertain …

uncertainty affects work performance and willingness to compete in the field, it can be studied in a controlled lab experiment. We … willingness to enter competition with uncertainty and ambiguity, but men react slightly more than women. Overall, both effects … present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but where the number of winners is either uncertain …

. While it is hard to measure how this uncertainty affects work performance and willingness to compete in the field, it can be … studied in a controlled lab experiment. We present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but the …. Men also increase their willingness to enter competition in the presence of ambiguity. Overall, both effects contribute to …

. While it is hard to measure how this uncertainty affects work performance and willingness to compete in the field, it can be … studied in a controlled lab experiment. We present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but the …. Men also increase their willingness to enter competition in the presence of ambiguity. Overall, both effects contribute to …

beliefs of the employers are self-fulfilling. Theoretically and in an experiment, we investigate under what circumstances … 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 …

oneself (self-competition), similar to what is found whencompeting against others (other-competition). In one laboratory and … and suggest that these factorscan account for the different findings. Finally, we document that self-competition does … noworse than other-competition in terms of performance boosting. …