Game, set, and match: Do women and men perform differently in competitive situations?

Michael Jetter and Jay Walker ()

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, vol. 119, issue C, 96-108

Abstract: This paper analyzes potential gender differences in competitive environments using a sample of over 100,000 professional tennis matches. Focusing on two phenomena of the labor and sports economics literature, we find robust evidence for (i) the hot-hand effect (an additional win in the most recent ten matches raises the likelihood of winning by 3.2–3.4 percentage points) and (ii) the clutch-player effect, as top players are excelling in Grand Slam tournaments, the most important events. Overall, we find virtually no gender differences for the hot-hand effect and only minor distinctions for the clutch-player effect.

Keywords: Clutch player; Competition; Feedback; Gender gap; Hot hand; Tennis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D01 D83 D84 J16 J40 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.07.017

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