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A well-known theoretical result in the contest literature is that greater heterogeneity decreases performance of contestants because of the “discouragement effect.” Leveling the playing field by favoring weaker contestants through bid-caps and favorable tie-breaking rules can reduce the...
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In many markets, sellers advertise their good with an asking price. This is a price at which the seller will take his good off the market and trade immediately, though it is understood that a buyer can submit an offer below the asking price and that this offer may be accepted if the seller...
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We consider dynamic competition among platforms in a market with network externalities. A platform that dominated the … the focal platform whenever such equilibrium exists. Yet when faced with higher-quality competition, can a low …
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competition and the group effect support the profits of firms with a high ethical code. Paradoxically, a strong group identity …
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III rules, thus suggesting a ‘race to the top' in capital standards. We study regulatory competition when banks are …
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We study the dynamics of competition in a model with network effects, an incumbent and entry. We propose a new way of …
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voluntarily under PWYW. Furthermore, to see how competition affects the viability of PWYW, we implement markets in which a PWYW …
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Empirical studies have uncovered an inverted-U relationship between product-market competition and innovation. This is … inconsistent with the original Schumpeterian Model, where greater competition reduces the profitability of innovation. We show that … the model can predict the inverted-U if the innovators' talent is heterogenous, and privately observable. With competition …
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developing a novel approach to competition between different organizational forms, it frames the relevant trade-offs precisely …
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This paper quantifies the effect of the government-controlled appreciation of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) vis-à-vis the USD from 2005 to 2008 on the prices charged by US producers. As the RMB during that time was pegged to a basket of currencies, the empirical strategy must account for the fact...
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