between continuing to compete and opting out in exchange for a comparatively modest prize. When strategic considerations are … absent, we observe the well-known pattern that women are less likely to compete than men, but this difference derives … entirely from women avoiding competition against men. When the decision to compete is strategic and contestants should factor …

Many low-wage workers in the United States are subject to non-compete clauses, which forbid them to work for … competitors. Empirical research has found a link between the prevalence of non-compete clauses and minimum wage legislation. To … explain this link, we propose a moral hazard model with minimum wages. Non-compete clauses can be used to punish failure. We …

The economic effects of non-compete agreements have received increasing attention from academics and policymakers. This … paper investigates how non-compete policies affect different types of self-employment. We exploit policy reforms in Utah and … Massachusetts in 2016 and 2018, which decreased the enforceability of non-compete covenants, as quasi-experiments. We separate self …

Experiments have demonstrated that men are more willing to compete than women in stereotypically male tasks. We examine … away from entering women into competitions, or do they make them compete too much? We find a gender gap in neither …

of completeness and do not arise when agents are also principals (shareholders) or in other falsification tests. Non-compete …

, we examine whether Asians are more willing to compete and have greater competitive preferences than non-Asians. Both with …