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, potential candidates compete in a contest to become their party's nominee. At the election stage, the nominated candidates … campaign by making non-binding promises to voters. Confirming the model's key predictions, we find in the experiment that …
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In this paper, we describe a series of laboratory experiments that implement specific examples of a more general network structure and we examine equilibrium selection. Specifically, actions are either strategic substitutes or strategic complements, and participants have either complete or...
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In this paper, we describe a series of laboratory experiments that implement specific examples of a more general network structure and we examine equilibrium selection. Specifically, actions are either strategic substitutes or strategic complements, and participants have either complete or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011086477
training courses is based on public bidding processes that assign standardized scores to multiple proxies for quality. Second …
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training courses is based on public bidding processes that assign standardized scores to multiple proxies for quality. Second …
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type. We consider a contest with two interest groups: one that is governed by a central planner and one that is not. Rent … dissipation is compared under two well-known contest success functions: the generalized logit and the all-pay auction. We also … resources invested in the contest. …
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Individuals who compete in a contest-like situation (for example, in sports, in promotion tournaments, or in an … appointment contest) may have an incentive to illegally utilize resources in order to improve their relative positions. We analyze …
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This paper examines, both theoretically and empirically, the effect of social networks and belonging to minority groups (or race) on the probability of winning in reality television shows. We develop a theoretical model that studies viewer behavior by presenting a framework of competition...
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We exploit a natural experiment in which two professionals compete in a one-stage contest without strategic motives and … contest design are also discussed. …
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should theoretically terminate any advantage to any of the contestants in a sequential pair-wise contest. The tennis tiebreak …
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