Expectations are a key element of strategic environments, accordingly in all competitive situations. As it has already been shown that men's performance in current competitions is affected by the strength of expected future opponents, we investigate whether women are overshadowed by future...

Expectations are a key element of strategic environments. As it has already been shown that men's performance in current competitions is affected by the expected future opponents' strength, we investigate whether women are overshadowed by future competitors as well. We use data from professional...

Since the third phase of the European Emission Trading system, sectors that are classified as carbon leakage risky receive all allowances for free up to a specific benchmark. In contrast, sectors that are not classified as being at risk, face an increasing share of allowances that are needed to...

Firms increasingly publish information about their sustainability in annual reports and on products. However, it is unclear which information induces pro-environmental behavior most effectively. In an experiment, we compare the effect of carbon display in kilograms, abatement costs, and social...

Managerial turnover induces an information loss regarding managers' knowledge about subordinates' abilities that might increase subordinates' incentives to exhibit effort to impress the new manager. To identify how this affects short‐term performance, we analyze within‐season coach turnovers...

Competitions often serve to identify the most capable individual or increase overall effort in corporations and sports. Whether to provide individuals with (ranking) information in such a context is an intriguing question. We investigate individuals' competitive behavior under different degrees...

We investigate how the transparency of selecting an agent affects the agent’s reciprocal behavior. In a modified gift-exchange game, agents either receive information about having (not) been selected or receive no such information at all, which allows to analyze reciprocity of agents who were...