Gender differences in repeated competition: Evidence from school math contests

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-66

  Cotton, Christopher ^a   McIntyre, Frank ^b   Price, Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Field experiment; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873418675     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.12.029     Document Type: Article

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