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Technological determinants of the group-size paradox
Kolmar, Martin; Rommeswinkel, Hendrik - 2011
The present paper analyzes situations in which groups compete for rents. A major result in the literature has been that there are both cases where larger groups have advantages and cases where they have disadvantages. The paper provides two intuitive criteria which for groups with homogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011374
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Competition, cooperation, and collective choice
Markussen, Thomas; Reuben, Ernesto; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2012
The ability of groups to implement efficiency-enhancing institutions is emerging as a central theme of research in economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma situation. Experimental results show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548053
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Progressive taxation in a tournament economy
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans; Tabb, Benjamin - 2014
Not enough is known about the responsiveness of individuals, in particular those who tend to work under different incentives, to changes in marginal tax rates. We ask whether changes in marginal tax rates are less distortionary for workers engaged in a contest. To examine this potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010394004
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Competition, Cooperation, and Collective Choice
Markussen, Thomas - 2012
The ability of groups to implement efficiency-enhancing institutions is emerging as a central theme of research in economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma situation. Experimental results show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013102829
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Competition, Cooperation, and Collective Choice
Markussen, Thomas - 2012
The ability of groups to implement efficiency-enhancing institutions is emerging as a central theme of research in economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma situation. Experimental results show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104948
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Technological determinants of the group-size paradox : revised and extended version
Kolmar, Martin; Rommeswinkel, Hendrik - 2011 - Revised and extended version
The present paper analyzes the occurrence of the group-size paradox in situations in which groups compete for rents, allowing for degrees of rivalness of the rent among group members. We provide two intuitive criteria which for groups with homogenous valuations of the rent determine whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124081
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Competing for Recognition Through Public Good Provision
Polborn, Mattias - 2021
Consider a setting in which several groups of individuals with common interests (clubs) compete with each other for recognition by other individuals. Depending on the context, recognition may be expressed by these other individuals joining a club, or choosing one club to admire. Clubs compete by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317500
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Decentralizing Development : Allocating Public Goods Via Competition
Chavis, Larry W. - 2012
Decentralizing the allocation of public goods by giving funds directly to communities takes advantage of local information concerning needs, but decreases the accountability over how funds are used; leaving funds open to misuse or capture by local elites. In Indonesia, the World Bank attempts to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014026407
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Separation of Powers, Political Competition and Efficient Provision of Public Goods
Boukouras, Aristotelis; Koufopoulos, Kostas - 2010
In this paper we provide a political game where agents decide whether to become legislators or politicians. Legislators determine the political institutions constraining politicians' behavior and politicians compete for gaining the power to make decisions about the level of the public good. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208460
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A theory of reciprocity
Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001
This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind … ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by … the intention underlying this action. The theory explains the relevant stylized facts of a wide range of experimental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398368