Splash with A teammate: Peer Effects in High-Stakes Tournaments

Lingqing Jiang ()

Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie from Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie

Abstract: This paper studies peer effects on individual performance among elite athletes in high-stakes tournaments. I ask whether the presence of a teammate affects athletes' performance using data from the latest seven World Swimming Championships.To identify causal effects I apply a regression discontinuity design by comparing athletes' performance in the finals when their teammate barely qualified and barely not qualified for the same final. Female athletes accompanied by a teammate swam 0.41%-0.56% of the average time faster, or ranked by 0.75-1.16 higher in the final. Male athletes' performance is unaffected. Potential channels and gender differences are discussed.

Keywords: Peer Effects; Tournaments; Regression Discontinuity; Gender Difference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C26 D03 J24 J44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pp.
Date: 2016-09
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