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82 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17346
Do Big Inequalities in Executive Pay Hurt Firm Performance?
Richard Yiu-Ming Chung, Jed DeVaro, Scott Fung
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17327
The Importance of Luck in Executive Promotion Tournaments: Theory and Evidence
Jed DeVaro, Scott Fung
published online in: JBFA Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 14 January 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17327
The Importance of Luck in Executive Promotion Tournaments: Theory and Evidence
Jed DeVaro, Scott Fung
published online in: JBFA Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 14 January 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16595
The Persistent Effect of Competition on Prosociality
Fabian Kosse, Ranjita Rajan, Michela M. Tincani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16283
Persistent Overconfidence and Biased Memory: Evidence from Managers
David B. Huffman, Collin Raymond, Julia Shvets
published in: American Economic Review, 2022, 112 (10), 3141–3175
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14174
Gender and Psychological Pressure in Competitive Environments
Alison L. Booth, Patrick J. Nolen
published in: Economica, 2022, 89 (S1), S71-S85
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14037
Between the Dockyard and the Deep Blue Sea: Retention and Personnel Economics in the Royal Navy
Darrell J. Glaser, Ahmed S. Rahman
published in: Labour Economics 2023, 84, 102407
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13628
Psychological Pressure and the Right to Determine the Moves in Dynamic Tournaments: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
Mark Kassis, Sascha L. Schmidt, Dominik Schreyer, Matthias Sutter
published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2021, 126, 278-287.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13596
Competition and Career Advancement: The Hidden Costs of Paid Leave
Julian V. Johnsen, Hyejin Ku, Kjell G. Salvanes
latest version published online as 'Competition and Career Advancement' in: Review of Economic Studies, 13 October 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13202
Perceived Fairness and Consequences of Affirmative Action Policies
Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Chi Trieu, Jana Willrodt
published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (656), 3099 - 3135
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12182
Girls' and Boys' Performance in Competitions: What We Can Learn from a Korean Quiz Show
Alison L. Booth, Jungmin Lee
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 187, 431-447.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11919
Competing on the Holodeck: The Effect of Virtual Peers and Heterogeneity in Dynamic Tournaments
Frederik Graff, Christian Grund, Christine Harbring
published in: Journal of Behavioral & Experimental Economics 2021, 90, 101596
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11675
Working Hours and Top Management Appointments: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Anders Frederiksen, Takao Kato, Nina Smith
revised version published online as 'Working Hours, Top Management Appointments, and Gender: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10977
Performance and Risk Taking under Threat of Elimination
Nathan R. Adams, Glen R. Waddell
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 156, 41 - 54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10788
Women in the Workplace and Management Practices: Theory and Evidence
Takao Kato, Naomi Kodama
published in: Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys and Saul D. Hoffman (eds.), Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women, New York: OUP, 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10755
Do Tournaments with Superstars Encourage or Discourage Competition?
Michael Babington, Sebastian J. Goerg, Carl Kitchens
published in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2020, 21 (1), 44-63.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10626
Gender Differences in Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Competitive Behavior
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Rachel Frank, Emiliano Huet-Vaughn
published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2018, 77, 170 - 176
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10384
Performance in Mixed-Sex and Single-Sex Tournaments: What We Can Learn from Speedboat Races in Japan
Alison L. Booth, Eiji Yamamura
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100 (4), 581 - 593
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10011
Gender Differences in Risk-Taking: Evidence from Professional Basketball
René Böheim, Christoph Freudenthaler, Mario Lackner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9854
The Adverse Consequences of Tournaments: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia, Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 151, 1-18
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