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Are Competitors Forward Looking in Strategic Interactions? Evidence from the Field

Lackner, Mario - 2015

This paper investigates empirically whether decision makers are forward looking in dynamic strategic interactions. In particular, we test whether decision makers in multi-stage tournaments take heterogeneity induced changes of continuation values and the ability of their immediate opponent into...

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Competitiveness and the Gender Gap Among Young Business Professionals

Reuben, Ernesto - 2015

. Gender differences in competitiveness have been proposed as a potential explanation. Using an incentivized measure of … competitiveness, this paper investigates whether competitiveness explains future gender differences in earnings and industry choice in … counterparts do. Moreover, gender differences in competitiveness explain around 10% of the overall gender gap. We also find that …

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Productivity Dynamics : The Role of Competition in a Service Industry

Breda, Thomas - 2019

changes in competition in the United States. The sector offers workplace employee representation through trade union branches … Productivity (TFP) than incumbents. Increased competition from new entrants leads incumbents to reduce the price of union …. Those with higher TFP have higher survival probabilities. However, increased competition does not induce incumbents to raise …

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Progressive Taxation in a Tournament Economy

Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2014

Not enough is known about the responsiveness of individuals, in particular those who tend to work under different incentives, to changes in marginal tax rates. We ask whether changes in marginal tax rates are less distortionary for workers engaged in a contest. To examine this potential...

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The Levelling Effect of Product Market Competition on Gender Wage Discrimination

Hirsch, Boris - 2014

Using linked employer-employee panel data for West Germany that include direct information on the competition faced by … plants, we investigate the effect of product market competition on the gender pay gap. Controlling for match fixed effects we … find that intensified competition significantly lowers the unexplained gap in plants with neither collective agreements nor …

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Gender Differences in Strategic Behaviour Under Competitive Pressure : Evidence on Omission Patterns in University Entrance Examinations

Pekkarinen, Tuomas - 2014

This paper studies gender differences in performance in university entrance examinations. We exploit data from the exams that the nine Finnish universities providing education in economics and business use to choose their students. These exams are multiple choice tests where wrong answers are...

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Parental Time Investments in Children : The Role of Competition for University Places in the UK

Sevilla Sanz, Almudena - 2015

document that increased competition for university places at elite institutions in the United Kingdom contributes to explain … growing gaps in time investments between college and non-college educated parents. Competition for university places in the UK …

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Performance Pay, Competitiveness, and the Gender Wage Gap : Evidence from the United States

McGee, Andrew - 2014

speculation that a gender difference in competitiveness contributes to the gender wage gap. Using data from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 … – suggesting an increasing role for competitiveness in explaining the gender wage gap …

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Why Does Emissions Trading Under the EU Ets Not Affect Firms' Competitiveness? Empirical Findings from the Literature

Joltreau, Eugénie - 2018

Environmental policies may have important consequences for firms' competitiveness or profit-ability. However, the … Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). We explain why there are arguably no significant competitiveness effects on firms, at least …. Finally, small but significant stimulating effects on innovation have been found so far …

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Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from Speedcubers

Fang, Chao; Zhang, Ernest; Zhang, Junfu - 2021

barely made or missed the cut for the second round in a competition, we examine their likelihood of joining another … competition in the future. We find a significant gender difference: Whereas boys are slightly discouraged by failing to qualify …

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