We analyze the effect of self-confidence on performance using data from top-level profes- sional biathlon competitions … using weather conditions af- fecting performance on the skiing track as exogenous variation in confidence on the shooting … worse their performance is on the shooting range. In particular, we estimate an increase of 0.525 standard deviations in …

We analyze the effect of self-confidence on performance using data from top-level professional biathlon competitions … using weather conditions affecting performance on the skiing track as exogenous variation in confidence on the shooting … worse their performance is on the shooting range. In particular, we estimate an increase of 0.525 standard deviations in …