Women and Competition in Elimination Tournaments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Data

Gendered Consequences of COVID-19 Among Professional Tennis Players

“…In fact, Krumer et al (2016) found that, after controlling for player attributes, within-match competitiveness was similar for men and women. Supporting the distinction brought on by the pandemic, Lallemand et al (2008) found that female tennis players respond to increased prize money; the tournaments in our sample are the highest paying of all tennis tournaments.…”

“…Supporting our claim that the gender difference is attributable to the pandemic, Krumer et al (2016) found that, after controlling for player attributes, within-match competitiveness was similar for men and women. Additionally, Lallemand et al (2008) found that female tennis players respond to increased prize money; thus since the tournaments in our sample are the highest paying of all tennis tournaments, any distinction must be due to some other conditions (such as the pandemic). We also recognize, however, that it is possible that the greater celebrity status given to the highest performing male athletes could be a factor influencing more men to compete (Binder et al, 2020;Humphreys, 2000).…”

Ce que les sportifs ont appris aux économistes

“…Les estimations de Ehrenberg et Bognanno [1990a] conduisent, comme prévu, à un coefficient a 1 significativement négatif ; plus précisément, ils obtiennent qu'une augmentation de 100 000 $ de la dotation totale conduit à ce qu'en moyenne, chaque joueur joue 1,1 coup de moins sur l'ensemble du tournoi 17 . D'autres études empiriques sur données sportives semblent confirmer ce résultat puisque le lien positif entre incitations et performances postulé dans la théorie du tournoi a également été mis en évidence dans les domaines de la course à pied (courses sur route) par Frick [1998] et Maloney et McCormick [2000] 18 , et du tennis, tant chez les hommes (Sunde [2003]) que chez les femmes (Lallemand et al [2008]).…”

The Effect of Losing and Winning on Cheating and Effort in Repeated Competitions

“…It could also be more satisfying to win against someone who has been equally successful before. While a large literature studies how effort is affected by the (a)symmetry of competitors (e.g., Brown, 2011;Lallemand et al, 2008), to our knowledge, the effect on cheating…”