Gender differences in reactions to feedback and willingness to compete

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 320-336

  Berlin, Noémi ^a   Dargnies, Marie Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Competition; Experimental economics; Gender; Performance feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982275890     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2016.08.002     Document Type: Article

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