Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Friends matter

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Gender Differences in Competitiveness : Friends matter. / Jørgensen, Lotte Kofoed; Piovesan, Marco; Willadsen, Helene.

In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol. 101, 11.2022, p. 20.

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Jørgensen, LK, Piovesan, M & Willadsen, H 2022, 'Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Friends matter', Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, vol. 101, pp. 20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2022.101955

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Jørgensen, L. K., Piovesan, M., & Willadsen, H. (2022). Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Friends matter. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 101, 20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2022.101955

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Jørgensen LK, Piovesan M, Willadsen H. Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Friends matter. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 2022 Nov;101:20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2022.101955

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Jørgensen, Lotte Kofoed ; Piovesan, Marco ; Willadsen, Helene. / Gender Differences in Competitiveness : Friends matter. In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 2022 ; Vol. 101. pp. 20.

Bibtex

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