The Queen's Gambit: Explaining the superstar effect using evidence from chess
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Superstar; Tournament; Effort; Peer-effect; Chess;All these keywords.
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- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations
- D3 - Microeconomics - - Distribution
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