Psychological pressure and the right to determine the moves in dynamic tournaments -- evidence from a natural field experiment

DOI10.1016/J.GEB.2021.01.006MaRDI QIDQ1995486zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mark Kassis, Sascha L. Schmidt, Dominik Schreyer, Matthias Sutter

Publication date 23 February 2021

Published in Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://www.crema-research.ch/papers/2020-17.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

behavioral economicspsychological pressuredynamic tournamentpenalty shoot-outssports professionalsvalue of decision rights

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Noncooperative games (91A10)

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