This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995 … product also find no sigma-convergence of Russian regions. These decompositions point to the geographical concentration of …-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we …

competitiveness of the environment and there is no significant difference in performance in the real-effort task across the …. Cooperation is highest in groups in which there is a mix of juniors and seniors, suggesting that there are indeed benefits in …

economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … situation. Experimental results show that the competitive scheme fosters cooperation. Competition is popular, but the electoral … foregone. -- public goods ; competition ; tournament ; cooperation ; voting …

higher effort with respect to cooperation and cooperation does not increase effort with respect to the baseline. However … ; incentives ; competition ; cooperation …

performance, cooperation may raise or lower performance. Employing a unique data set in which workgroups are comprised of either … one or two workers, we are able to test explicitly for the presence of cooperation. We find empirical support for …

different amounts of competition on-the-job and that these differences explain differences in cooperation in our experiment …, perceptions of competition faced on-the-job and the treatment effect of job incentives explain these differences in cooperation to … a large extent. -- field experiment ; cooperation ; social disapproval ; social preference ; competition ; Japan …

literature on tournaments within firms, which shows that competitive compensation schemes reduce cooperation in the short-run, we …

students, this paper presents a simple model showing that free riding incentives lead to an insufficient degree of cooperation … behaviour, particularly in tracked educational systems. -- Cooperation ; competition ; PISA ; student attitudes …

We use small Italian regions (i.e. provinces) to investigate the causal effect of foreign immigration on innovation …