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We experimentally investigate how players with opposing views compete for influence through strategic targeting in networks. We varied the network structure, the relative influence of the opponent, and the heterogeneity of the nodes' initial opinions. Although most players adopted a...
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literature on tournaments within firms, which shows that competitive compensation schemes reduce cooperation in the short-run, we …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 …
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manufacturing sector of South Korea. Firms' behavior is defined according to empirical findings on the Korean Innovation Survey 2005 … and captured in a multivariate probit regression model. The econometrics model identifies the determinants on firms …' likelihood to participate in cooperation with other organizations when conducting innovation activities. These determinants are …
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agreements (FNAs) among firms under two perspectives. First, we assess the impact of joining a FNA on several indicators of firm … FNAs on firm performance, which resists a large set of robustness tests. However, such a positive effect on firms does not … both firms and workers. The estimation of rent-sharing equations, as well as other tests that exploit unionization data …
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behaviour, particularly in tracked educational systems. -- Cooperation ; competition ; PISA ; student attitudes … students, this paper presents a simple model showing that free riding incentives lead to an insufficient degree of cooperation …
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behavior of juniors (under 30) and seniors (over 50) in both experiments conducted onsite with the employees of two large firms …. Cooperation is highest in groups in which there is a mix of juniors and seniors, suggesting that there are indeed benefits in …
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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 …
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; incentives ; competition ; cooperation … characteristics are observed. Students are randomly assigned to a tournament scheme that fosters competition between coupled students … which students can neither compete, nor cooperate. In line with theoretical predictions, we find that competition induces …
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under either scenario to that of a single worker working in isolation. We show that whilst competition unequivocally reduces … 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 …
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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 …
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