Incentives, Performance and Choking in Darts
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- Klein Teeselink, Bouke & Potter van Loon, Rogier J.D. & van den Assem, Martijn J. & van Dolder, Dennie, 2020. "Incentives, performance and choking in darts," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 169(C), pages 38-52.
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Keywords
incentives; choking under pressure; performance; darts;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- Z20 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2019-01-07 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-SPO-2019-01-07 (Sports and Economics)
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