experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … decision problem and to update beliefs about success. In the experiment, subjects face the choice between a competition game …This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory …

, and differential responses to luck account for about half of the gender performance gap in our experiment. These findings … help to explain both female underperformance in environments with repeated competition and the tendency for women to select …

economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … situation. Experimental results show that the competitive scheme fosters cooperation. Competition is popular, but the electoral … outcome depends strongly on specific voting rules of institutional choice. If the majority decides, competition is almost …

Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from … competition. Our subjects (students just under 15 years of age) attend publicly-funded single-sex and coeducational schools. We …

experiment. First, a model is analyzed in which two agents simultaneously decide between a risky and a safe strategy and we allow …

-world organizations we employ a controlled experiment. Our data provide clear evidence that agents? behavior is not only guided by … competition between agents but also by the possibility to punish the principal via sabotage. …

-period experiment. In equilibrium, firms will offer deferred compensation: first period productivity is positive and wages are zero …, while third period productivity is zero and wages are positive. The experiment produces strong evidence that deferred …

academia have been partially explained by competitive pressures, which suggests a link between competition and cheating. In our … experiment subjects conduct a task where they have the possibility to make use of illegitimate tools to better their results. We … sex difference in cheating. However, the effect of competition on women's cheating behavior is entirely due to the fact …

We study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers …