in resolving or channeling the major societal questions. More European competition between universities in education and …

(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 …

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

competition/performance and financia1 sector openness (meaning foreign bank access to domestic markets), and between growth and …We explore dynamic linkages between financial/banking sector openness, financial sector competition, and growth. We … financial sector competition/performance. They also point to the presence of sca1e economies in the sector. …

the competition among them have an impact on allocation of savings, financing of investment, economic growth, the … evaluations of trends in the European financial service industry and examinations of the driving forces of efficiency, competition …

(2000) testing for endogenous competition among job seekers in a matching frame-work, is replicated with a richer and more … accurate data set for Germany. Their results are confirmed and found to be surprisingly robust. Second, the matching framework … is augmented by endogenous strategic hiring behavior on the side of vacancyposting firms. Neglecting job competition, the …