| Titre : | Psychological pressure in competitive environments : New evidence from randomized natural experiments (2012) |
| Auteurs : | Martin G. Kocher, Auteur ; Marc V. Lenz, Auteur ; Matthias Sutter, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Management science (Vol. 58 N° 8, Août 2012) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp.1585-1591 |
| Note générale : | Management |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Tags : | Tournament First-mover advantage Psychological pressure field experiment Soccer Penalty shootouts |
| Résumé : | Dynamic competitive settings may create psychological pressure when feedback about the performance of competitors is provided before the end of the competition. Such psychological pressure could produce a first-mover advantage, despite a priori equal winning probabilities. Using data from a randomized natural experiment—penalty shootouts in soccer—we reexamine evidence by Apesteguia and Palacios-Huerta [Apesteguia J, Palacios-Huerta I (2010) Psychological pressure in competitive environments: Evidence from a randomized natural experiment. Amer. Econom. Rev. 100(5):2548–2564]. They report a 21-percentage-point advantage for first movers over second movers in terms of winning probabilities. Extending their sample of 129 shootouts to 540, we fail to detect any significant first-mover advantage. Our results are fully consistent with recent evidence from other sports contests. |
| ISSN : | 0025-1909 |
| En ligne : | http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/58/8/1585.short |
