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

Michael Jetter and Jay Walker ()

No 12664, Documentos de Trabajo de Valor Público from Universidad EAFIT

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 3.1 to 3.3 percent) 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: gender gap; competition; hot hand; clutch player; tennis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D84 J24 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27
Date: 2015-03-17
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Journal Article: Game, set, and match: Do women and men perform differently in competitive situations? (2015)
Working Paper: Game, Set, and Match: Do Women and Men Perform Differently in Competitive Situations? (2015)
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