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This article investigates whether decision makers intuitively optimize close to the normative prediction in entrepreneurial decision situations where their time must be allocated between a wage job and a newly formed venture. We offer an analytical model based on maximizing expected utility, and...
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On the basis of a real high stakes insurance experiment with small probabilities of losses, we demonstrate that concern is a more important driver of WTP for insurance than subjective probability estimates when there is ambiguity surrounding the estimate. Concern is still important when...
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neither holds the Principle of Maximum Differentiation - as in the duopoly model - nor does the Principle of Minimum …
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We investigate simultaneous and sequential price competition in duopoly markets with differentiated products. In both …, just as predicted by the theory, whereas average follower prices are not above average prices in the simultaneous market … simultaneous-move markets whereas first movers do not. As in theory, there is a significant first-mover disadvantage when firms …
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In this experiment, we analyze strategic delegation in a Cournot duopoly. Owners can choose among two different …, while the second contract gives an additional sales bonus. Although theory predicts the second contract to be chosen, it is …
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The theory of industrial organization has experienced an impressive boom by using the methods of (non-cooperative) game … theory. The conclusions depend, however. crucially on subtle details of the market decision processes about which there exist …
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). In their duopoly game, firms can choose their quantities in one of two periods before the market clears. If a firm … leadership. Our data, however, does not confirm the theory. While Stackelberg equilibria are extremely rare we often observe …
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We report on an experiment designed to compare Stackelberg and Cournot duopoly markets with quantity competition. For …
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Most models of labor markets and (un)employment neglect how competition among firms or sectors of the economy affects their hiring of workers and working times. Our approach pays special attention to such effects by proposing a complex stage game where firms invest in capital equipment before...
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orientation ; heterogenous market ; duopoly …
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