Performance in competitive environments: Gender differences

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1049-1074

  Gneezy, Uri ^a   Niederle, Muriel ^b   Rustichini, Aldo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0041360374     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/00335530360698496     Document Type: Review

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