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The Missing Equilibria in Hotelling's Location Game
Bester, Helmut - 1991
We study the location equilibrium in Hotelling's model of spatial competition. As d'Aspremont et al. (1979) have shown, with quadratic consumer transportation cost the two sellers will seek to move as far away from each other as possible. This generates a coordination problem which the...
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Cooperation, competition, and welfare in a matching market
Bester, Helmut; Sákovics, József - 2022
We investigate the welfare effect of increasing competition in an anonymous two-sided matching market, where matched pairs play an infinitely repeated Prisoner's Dilemma. Higher matching efficiency is usually considered detrimental as it creates stronger incentives for defection. We point out,...
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Cooperation, Competition, and Welfare in a Matching Market
Bester, Helmut; Sákovics, József - 2022
We investigate the welfare effect of increasing competition in an anonymous two-sided matching market, where matched pairs play an infinitely repeated Prisoner's Dilemma. Higher matching efficiency is usually considered detrimental as it creates stronger incentives for defection. We point out,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014467786
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Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence From Representative Survey Experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
. Experimental provision of return and cost information significantly increases educational aspirations. However, it does not close … the aspiration gap as university graduates respond even more strongly to the information treatment. Persistent effects in … a follow-up survey indicate that participants indeed process and remember the information. Differences in economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932956
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Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences: Evidence From Representative Survey Experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
To study how information about educational inequality affects public concerns and policy preferences, we devise survey … experiments in representative samples of the German population. Providing information about the extent of educational inequality … strong positive information treatment effect, which is increased further by informing about policy effectiveness. …
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Earnings information and public preferences for university tuition: Evidence from representative experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Woessmann, Ludger - 2022
about the university earnings premium. To test whether public support for tuition depends on earnings information, we devise … opposing tuition. Providing information on the university earnings premium raises support for tuition by 7 percentage points …, turning the plurality in favor. The opposition-reducing effect persists two weeks after treatment. Information on fiscal costs …
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The political economy of higher education finance: How information and design affect public preferences for tuition
Lergetporer, Philipp; Woessmann, Ludger - 2019
Public preferences for charging tuition are important for determining higher education finance. To test whether public … support for tuition depends on information and design, we devise several survey experiments in representative samples of the … German electorate (N>19,500). The electorate is divided, with a slight plurality opposing tuition. Providing information on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141851
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Do party positions affect the public's policy preferences?
Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina - 2019
, implying endogeneity of policy preferences. The information treatment also affects non-partisan swing voters. …
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Fairness and competition in a bilateral matching market
Bester, Helmut - 2021
This paper analyzes fairness and bargaining in a dynamic bilateral matching market. Traders from both sides of the … market are pairwise matched to share the gains from trade. The bargaining outcome depends on the traders' fairness attitudes … in isolated bilateral bargaining. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653512
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Fairness and competition in a bilateral matching market
Bester, Helmut - 2021
This paper analyzes fairness and bargaining in a dynamic bilateral matching market. Traders from both sides of the … market are pairwise matched to share the gains from trade. The bargaining outcome depends on the traders' fairness attitudes … in isolated bilateral bargaining. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012589795