. Economic theory suggests that the impact of exchange rates should vary with the degree of exposure to international competition … and with the technology level. This paper contributes by bringing together these two views, both theoretically and … empirically. We show that both the degree of openness and the technology level mediate the impact of exchange rate movements on …

of monopsonistic competition. Multiple equilibria arise because of a strategic complementarity in investment decisions …

, firms are price-makers and wage-setters. Our setting combines monopolistic and monopsonistic competition, thus encapsulating …

This paper assesses the impact of product market competition on job instability as proxied by the use of fixed … Strategies Survey, I show that job instability rises with competition. In particular, a one standard deviation increase in … competition in an economic sector decreases the probability that a fixed-term worker gets an open-ended contract within that …

can explain several puzzling findings in the economics of education, including the fact that competition can, but does not …

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 also that the … electoral outcome depends strongly on specific voting rules of institutional choice. If the majority decides, competition is …

This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory … experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … failure, where competition failure occurs when a subject loses the competition because the opponent holds a higher …