Gender differences in a market with relative performance feedback: Professional tennis players

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 158-171

  Wozniak, David ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Feedback; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862520937     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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