Affirmative action and retaliation in experimental contests

•We study affirmative action in contests with productivity heterogeneity.•The affirmative action policy increases overall participation in the contest.•The policy increases overall contest effort.•The possibility of retaliation undermines the effectiveness of the policy. We conduct a real-effort exp...

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Volume:	156
Main Author:	Fallucchi, Francesco Quercia, Simone
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 01.12.2018 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
published in:	Journal of economic behavior & organization Vol. 156; pp. 23 - 40
ORCID:	0000-0001-5502-4358 0000-0002-4307-5219
Data of publication:	December 2018
ISSN:	0167-2681 1879-1751
EISSN:	1879-1751
Discipline:	Business Economics
Subjects:	Rent-seeking Contest design Affirmative action Retaliation Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Reverse discrimination Retaliation Rent-seeking Contest design Affirmative action J78 D72 C72 WOMEN DISCRIMINATION TOURNAMENTS PERFORMANCE COMPETITION EFFICIENCY
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index – 2018 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Gale General OneFile (A&I only) Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS