We present the first causal evidence on the persistent impact of enduring competition on prosociality. Inspired by the … competition period. 4-year follow-up data indicate that the effect persists and generalizes, suggesting a change in traits and not …

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent … of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training … except when the competition is so severe as to threaten liquidation to a firm. We take this as evidence of an inverted U …

competition. For reasonable parameter values product market deregulation fosters growth substantially more in the flexible than in …

To test and replicate the superstar effect reported by Brown (2011) we empirically study contests where a single … replication of Brown's (2011) study. Empirically, we find little robust evidence of the superstar effect in any of our datasets …. In our replication exercise, we approximate the findings of Brown (2011), however, we cannot reject the null that the …

In this paper we study how promoting product market competition by reducing mark-ups or by increasing productivity are …