both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …

in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in …

both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …

(Smith 1962) and recent theoretical results (Dufwenberg et al. 2008) suggest that competition forces people to behave as if …

competition for principals or agents. While we do observe substantial and significant ratchet effects in the baseline (no … competition) case of our model, we find that ratchet behavior is nearly eliminated by labor-market competition; interestingly this …

This paper investigates to which extent tough competition impacts on the macroeconomic performance of countries. The … relation between competition and innovation has been investigated intensely in industrial economics. It started with Schumpeter … highest for medium-range competition, but lower for very tough competition as well as for a very lax competitive regime …

(Smith 1962) and recent theoretical results (Dufwenberg et al. 2008) suggest that competition forces people to behave as if …

economic-experimental outcomes suggest that experienced utility may depend on the intensity of market competition. This paper … is the first to empirically analyze the implication of market competition for subjective well-being using real … hypothesis, we find that market competition aggravates the impact of individual's bargaining position in economic transactions on …