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Contests with Rank-Order Spillovers
Baye, Michael R.; Kovenock, Dan; Vries, Casper G. de - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
-order contests with complete information, in which each player's strategy generates direct or indirect affine "spillover" effects … important economic environments, as well as in classic contests adapted to recent experimental and behavioral models where …, tournaments, R&D races, models of ligitation, and a host of other contests. …
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Contests with Rank-Order Spillovers
Baye, Michael R.; Kovenock, Dan; Vries, Casper G. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
-order contests with complete information, in which each player's strategy generates direct or indirect affine "spillover" effects … important economic environments, as well as in classic contests adapted to recent experimental and behavioral models where …, tournaments, R&D races, models of ligitation, and a host of other contests.<p>This paper has been accepted by <A href …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257530
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Radical Innovation and Network Evolution
Phlippen, Sandra; Riccaboni, Massimo - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network structures. We use longitudinal data of interfirm R&D collaborations in the biopharmaceutical industry in which a new technological regime is established. Our findings suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137005
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Radical Innovation and Network Evolution
Phlippen, Sandra; Riccaboni, Massimo - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network structures. We use longitudinal data of interfirm R&D collaborations in the biopharmaceutical industry in which a new technological regime is established. Our findings suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257059
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Comparative Analysis of Litigation Systems: An Auction-Theoretic Approach
Baye, Michael R.; Kovenock, Dan; Vries, Casper G. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2000
A simple auction-theoretic framework is used to examine symmetric litigation environments where the legal ownership of a disputed asset is unknown to the court. The court observes only the quality of the case presented by each party, and awards the asset to the party presenting the best case....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256628
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Over- and Under-Bidding in Tendering
Berg, Vincent van den - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
Consider a government tendering the right to operate, for example, an airport, telecommunication network, or utility. There is an 'incumbent bidder' who owns a complement or substitute facility, and one entering 'new bidder'. With a 'standard auction' on the payment to the government, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271950
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Auctioning Incentive Contracts: An Experimental Study
Onderstal, Sander; Meerendonk, Arthur Van de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
In this note, we experimentally examine the relative performance of price-only auctions and multi-attribute auctions. We do so in procurement settings where the buyer can give the winning bidder incentives to exert effort on non-price dimensions after the auction. Both auctions theoretically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255455
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Keeping out Trojan Horses: Auctions and Bankruptcy in the Laboratory
Onderstal, Sander; Veen, Ailko van der - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
If a government auctions the right to market a good, continuity is likely to be of significant importance. In a laboratory experiment, we compare the effects of bidders' limited liability in the first-price sealed-bid auction and the English auction in a common value setting. Our data strongly...
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Auctions with Flexible Entry Fees
Janssen, Maarten; Karamychev, Vladimir A.; Maasland, Emiel - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
This discussion paper led to an article in <I>Games and Economic Behavior</I> (2011). Vol. 72, pp. 594-601.<P> There is by now a large literature arguing that auctions with a variety of after-market interactions may not yield an efficient allocation of the objects for sale, especially when the bidders...</p></i>
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Bidding to give in the Field: Door-to-Door Fundraisers had it right from the Start
Onderstal, Sander; Schram, Arthur J.C.; Soetevent, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
This discussion paper resulted in an article in the <I>Journal of Public Economics</I> (2013). Volume 105, pages 72-85.<P> In a door-to-door fundraising field experiment, we study the impact of fundraising mechanisms on charitable giving. We approached about 4500 households, each participating in either...</p></i>
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