This paper investigates how group membership and competition among trustors interact with trust and trustworthiness in … competition leads to a decrease in trustworthiness, especially among partners. We argue that once competition comes into play …

or market structure. We address the question how competition among suppliers of finance interacts with trust and … trustworthiness in a laboratory one-shot trust game. In order to disentangle pure effects of competition and effects of competition … show that competition has no significant effects on trust and trustworthiness of individuals in a strangers’ framework …

This paper investigates the relationship between product market competition (PMC) and innovation. A Schumpeterian … engage in R&D activities. In this model, competition may increase the incremental profit from innovating; on the other hand …, competition may also reduce innovation incentives for laggards. This model generates four main predictions which we test …

effect of private-school competition on students' entrepreneurial intentions. We exploit Catholic-Church resistance to state …

effect of private-school competition on students' entrepreneurial intentions. We exploit Catholic-Church resistance to state …

der hohen Aufbaukosten und der geringen Nachfrage kein infrastrukturbasierter Wettbewerb zu erwarten ist. In diesem Fall … sicherzustellen. In Agglomerationsräumen schafft dagegen der Wettbewerb zwischen wenigen Kopf-an-Kopf-Wettbewerbern Anreize zur …

nationalen Betrachtungsweise hin zu einem subnationalen Ansatz, bei dem Gebiete mit ausgeprägtem Wettbewerb dereguliert werden … hat, zeigt, dass sich in deregulierten Gebieten der infrastrukturbasierte Wettbewerb tendenziell positiv weiterentwickelt …

: competition, business environment, learning spillovers and human capital. Collectively, these drivers account for about a third of …