Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Publication Date
12-1-2014
Abstract
© 2014 Elsevier Inc. We investigate gender differences in responding to contingent rewards by exploiting a natural experiment in junior tennis tournaments in Florida where the ranking point system was revised to induce more players to play doubles. The new point system increased the points earned from wins in singles matches significantly if the two thirds or more of players in their sex/age group chose to play doubles. We examine three types of potential responses to the new system: (1) a 'positive' response of playing doubles more by singles winners, (2) a 'subversive' response of playing doubles less by singles losers, and (3) a 'slack' response of playing loosely in their doubles matches by singles winners. We find strong evidence on the positive response among boys and top-ranked girls but no evidence for subversive and slack responses.
DOI Link
ISSN
Publisher
Elsevier Inc.
Volume
53
First Page
131
Last Page
137
Disciplines
Business
Keywords
Contingent rewards, Gender differences, Incentive, Motivation
Scopus ID
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Anbarci, Nejat; Arin, K. Peren; and Lee, Jungmin, "Gender differences in response to contingent rewards: Evidence from a natural experiment of junior tennis" (2014). All Works. 1760.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/1760
Indexed in Scopus
yes
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Green: A manuscript of this publication is openly available in a repository