Choking Under Pressure - Evidence of the Causal Effect of Audience Size on Performance
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- Böheim, René & Grübl, Dominik & Lackner, Mario, 2019. "Choking under pressure – Evidence of the causal effect of audience size on performance," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 76-93.
- René Böheim & Dominik Grübl & Mario Lackner, 2018. "Choking under pressure - Evidence of the causal effect of audience size on performance," Department of Economics Working Papers wuwp270, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics.
- Böheim, René & Grübl, Dominik & Lackner, Mario, 2018. "Choking under pressure - Evidence of the causal effect of audience size on performance," Department of Economics Working Paper Series 270, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.
- René Böheim & Dominik Grübl & Mario Lackner, 2018. "Choking under pressure -- Evidence of the causal effect of audience size on performance," Economics working papers 2018-09, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
- Böheim, René & Grübl, Dominik & Lackner, Mario, 2018. "Choking under Pressure: Evidence of the Causal Effect of Audience Size on Performance," IZA Discussion Papers 11761, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
performance under pressure; choking; paradoxical performance effects on incentives; social pressure;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2018-10-15 (Experimental Economics)
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