Does Your Name Give You An Advantage?

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Let’s play the name game.

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SOURCES
http://theweek.com/articles/477557/how-names-influence-destinies

The shorter your first name, the bigger your paycheck

Click to access Laham2012TNPEW.pdf

http://info.theladders.com/inside-theladders/3556
http://blog.linkedin.com/2011/04/27/top-ceo-names/
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/07/who-wins-in-the-name-game/374912/

Click to access NamesNLaw.pdf

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejsp.2026/abstract

Easily Pronounced Names May Make People More Likable