We analyze performance under pressure and estimate the causal effect of audience size on the success of free throws in … attendance size and performance. Our results confirm a sizeable and strong negative effect of the number of spectators on … performance. Home teams in (non-critical) situations at the beginning of games perform worse when the audience is larger. This …

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 …

This contribution examines the effect of advantageous inequity on performance using data from top-level penalty kicking …

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 …