generate competition among rivals proximate to a standard (e.g. ranked #3 vs. 4, near the top); rivals far from a standard (e … comparison, may account for those classical competition findings in the literature. Study 5 then reveals how scale ranking …

experiment based on Grundmann and Lambsdorff (2017). Subjects earn income and report a tax rate, which they determine by rolling … luck and whether there is competition for a high income. In the luck treatments, just deserts would imply that subjects aim … subjects from cheating for their personal gain. Competition has no systematic effect on cheating. …

of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment … compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of their score and the outcome of the competition. Conditional on the …

of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment … compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of their score and the outcome of the competition. Conditional on the …

This paper investigates the impact of technical progress on the relationship between competition an investment. Using a … model of oligopoly competition with di¤erentiated products where firms invest to reduce their marginal cost of production, I … competition that maximizes investment of the industry. This feature holds also for consumer surplus and Welfare. In the model …

Using data from the US automobile market, we empirically examine the link between competition and innovation … interesting market to examine the link between competition and innovation. We use firm-level time-series data over a long horizon … relationship is reasonably non-linear; (2) higher market-wide competition results in an increase in patenting, and the relationship …

competition by a competitive fringe that produces low quality. We show that the brand manufacturer optimally provides a decoy good …