explain the gender gap in competitiveness. Experiment 1 studies whether stress responses (measured with salivary cortisol and … correlated with choosing to enter the voluntary competition for women. In Experiment 2 we exogenously induce stress using the … differently to acute stressors. We use two laboratory experiments to investigate whether factors related to stress can help …

related to stress can help explain individual differences in tournament entry. Experiment 1 studies whether stress responses … voluntary tournament. We find that competing increases stress levels. This cortisol response does not predict tournament entry … (measured as salivary cortisol) to taking part in a mandatory tournament predict individual willingness to participate in a …

-reporting and salivary cortisol. The study finds that PRP subjects had significantly higher cortisol levels and self-rated stress … randomly allocate subjects into a work task paid either by performance or a fixed payment. Stress is measured through self …

subjects switch from imitation of the most profitable rival to other behavior that, intentionally or otherwise, facilitates …-shot game. Our results suggest a new explanation for the emergence of cooperation. -- Cournot oligopoly ; imitation ; learning …

givingimitators a free lunch does not have a chilling effect on innovation. -- innovation ; imitation ; appropriation ; patent …

We explore the stability of imitation in a 1,200-period experimental Cournot game where subjects do not know the payoff …

competitive, the collusive, and the Cournot-Nash outcome, respectively. In the experiment we employ three information treatments …

subjects switch from imitation of the most profitable rival to other behavior that, intentionally or otherwise, facilitates …-shot game. Our results suggest a new explanation for the emergence of cooperation. -- Cournot oligopoly ; imitation ; learning …

We model and experimentally evaluate the trade-off between innovation and imitation commonly faced by firms and … individuals. Innovation involves searching for a high payoff opportunity, but paying a cost to do so. Imitation involves avoiding … sequential innovation versus imitation decisions made by a group of n regret minimizing agents. We analyze the consequences of …

spills over to an outsider, and if successful imitation reduces the innovator’s profit. Post-experimental tests and the …