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Recent experimental evidence suggests that women in general are more discouraged than men by failures which potentially can explain why women, on average, are less likely than men to reach top positions in firms. This paper provides the first quasi-experimental evidence from the field on this...
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This study examines whether there are gender-specific differences in regard to physical attractiveness of professional tennis players and their performance. For this purpose, the top 100 male and female tennis players of the tennis world ranking in 2014 are examined. Athletic performance is...
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statistical significance of estimates of regression coefficients, and applications to Finance. Even if the student is not a sports …The intuition behind linear regression can be difficult for students to grasp particularly without a readily accessible … context. This paper uses basketball statistics to demonstrate the purpose of linear regression and to explain how to interpret …
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Research in the field of customer discrimination has received relatively little attention even if the theory of …. This paper examines customer discrimination considering a unique dataset from the most popular sports industry in India, i ….e., cricket. Relying on Playing XI vote in the Indian Premier League (IPL), we analyze whether supporters have a different …
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This paper empirically examines the widespread belief that voluntarily negotiated agreements produce better long-run relationships than third-party imposed settlements, such as arbitrator decisions or court judgments. Two key outcomes are analyzed - subsequent player performance and the...
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rents flow to women's sports and other men's sports and lead to increased spending on facilities, coaches' salaries, and … other athletic department personnel. Using complete roster data for every student-athlete playing sports at these schools in … collective bargaining agreements in professional sports leagues as a benchmark. We also discuss how our results help understand …
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