Is the gender difference in competitive behavior history dependent?

Elaine Rhee and Charles Noussair

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, vol. 198, issue C, 44-67

Abstract: This study tests whether men and women differ in their willingness to challenge a competitor in response to a prior transgression. A laboratory experiment is conducted, in which a player can choose to behave unfairly toward another. The other player may then challenge the first to a contest. We investigate the extent to which previous interactions can explain individual differences in tournament initiation decisions. The results show that men, but not women, tend to challenge a competitor more when the prior outcome is unfair and the unfairness occurred through the competitor’s intentional choice. In contrast, unfair outcomes that occur by chance do not influence the decision to challenge others.

Keywords: Competition; Gender gap; Unfair; History; Intentions; Emotions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C9 D9 J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2022.03.022

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