Do Men Matter to Female Competition Even When They Don't?
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competition; competitiveness; athlete; gender;All these keywords.
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- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2016-09-25 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-SPO-2016-09-25 (Sports and Economics)
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