How stressful are economic competitions in the lab? An investigation with physiological measures
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- Buckert, Magdalena & Schwieren, Christiane & Kudielka, Brigitte M. & Fiebach , Christian J., 2015. "How stressful are economic competitions in the lab? An investigation with physiological measures," Working Papers 0593, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics.
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Competition; Decision making; Stress; Cortisol; Heart rate; Testosterone;All these keywords.
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- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- M5 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics
- C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments
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