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Competing for market shares : does the order of moves matter even when it shouldn't?
Hörtnagl, Tanja; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Stracke, Rudi - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 166 (2019), pp. 346-365
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149065
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Vickrey auction vs BDM : difference in bidding behaviour and the impact of other-regarding motives
Flynn, Niall; Kah, Christopher; Kerschbamer, Rudolf - 2015
In an experiment we first elicit the distributional preferences of subjects and then let them bid for a lottery, either …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404058
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Heterogeneity in rent-seeking contests with multiple stages : theory and experimental evidence
Hörtnagl, Tanja; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Stracke, Rudi; … - 2013
This paper investigates how heterogeneity in contestants ́investment costs affects the competition intensity in a … dynamic elimination contest. Theory predicts that the absolute level of investment costs has no effect on the competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199750
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Car mechanics in the lab : investigating the behavior of real experts on experimental markets for credence goods
Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Qiu, Jianying; … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 108 (2014), pp. 166-173
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011296519
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Car mechanics in the lab : investigating the behavior of real experts on experimental markets for credence goods
Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Qiu, Jianying; … - 2014 - This Version: December 25th, 2013
Credence goods, such as car repairs or medical services, are characterized by severe informational asymmetries between sellers and consumers, leading to fraud in the form of provision of insufficient service (undertreatment), provision of unnecessary service (overtreatment) and charging too much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010237656
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Car mechanics in the lab : investigating the behavior of real experts on experimental markets for credence goods
Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Qiu, Jianying; … - 2009
We compare the behavior of car mechanics and college students as sellers in experimental credence goods markets … learned in their professional training. -- artefactual field experiment ; car mechanics ; credence goods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009736636
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Car mechanics in the lab : investigating the behavior of real experts on experimental markets for credence goods
Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Qiu, Jianying; … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010240696
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Car mechanics in the lab : investigating the behavior of real experts on experimental markets for credence goods
Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Qiu, Jianying; … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008657629
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The economics of credence goods: on the role of liability, verifiability, reputation and competition
Dulleck, Uwe; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias - 2009
inefficiencies, such as under- and overtreatment or market break-down. We study in a large experiment with 936 participants the … has little influence, as predicted. Seller competition drives down prices and yields maximal trade, but does not lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271236
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The Economics of Credence Goods: On the Role of Liability, Verifiability, Reputation and Competition
Dulleck, Uwe; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias - 2009
inefficiencies, such as under- and overtreatment or market break-down. We study in a large experiment with 936 participants the … has little influence, as predicted. Seller competition drives down prices and yields maximal trade, but does not lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294835