TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cohen-Zada, Danny
AU  - Krumer, Alex
AU  - Rosenboim, Mosi
AU  - Shapir, Offer Moshe
        TI  - Choking under Pressure and Gender: Evidence from Professional Tennis
        PY  - 2017/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10587
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10587
        AB  - We exploit a unique setting in which two professionals compete in a real-life tennis contest with high monetary rewards in order to assess how men and women respond to competitive pressure. Comparing their performance in low-stakes versus high-stakes situations, we find that men consistently choke under competitive pressure, but with regard to women the results are mixed. Furthermore, even if women show a drop in performance in the more crucial stages of the match, it is in any event about 50% smaller than that of men. These findings are robust to different specifications and estimation strategies.
        KW  - gender
KW  - performance
KW  - competitive pressure
KW  - tennis
KW  - choking
        ER  -