Doing Your Best when Stakes are High? Theory and Experimental Evidence
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- Nicolas Houy & Jean-Philippe Nicolaï & Marie Claire Villeval, 2016. "Doing Your Best when Stakes are High? Theory and Experimental Evidence," Working Papers 1609, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
- Houy, Nicolas & Nicolaï, Jean-Philippe & Villeval, Marie Claire, 2016. "Doing Your Best When Stakes Are High? Theory and Experimental Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 9766, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
C ritical ability; choking under pressure; Morr is - importance; Skin Conductance Responses; experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2016-03-10 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2016-03-10 (Experimental Economics)
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