Fighting alone or fighting for a team: Evidence from experimental pairwise contests
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individual versus team behaviour; real-effort experiment; pairwise team contest; best-of-three team contest; communication; psychological momentum effect;All these keywords.
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- C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D79 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Other
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2018-10-08 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CBE-2018-10-08 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2018-10-08 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2018-10-08 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-SOC-2018-10-08 (Social Norms & Social Capital)
- NEP-SPO-2018-10-08 (Sports & Economics)
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