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Sequential competitions with a middle-mover advantage

Kendall, Ryan - In: Journal of behavioral and experimental economics 91 (2021), pp. 1-21

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Sun, Junze; Schram, Arthur; Sloof, Randolph - 2019

We develop a tractable theory to study the impact of biased media on election outcomes, voter turnout and welfare. News released by media allows voters to infer the relative appeal of the two candidates, and the closeness of elections. In large elections, the former determines the election...

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Who will be idol? The importance of social networks for winning on reality shows

Heizler, Odelia; Kimhi, Ayal - 2010

This paper examines, both theoretically and empirically, the effect of social networks and belonging to minority groups (or race) on the probability of winning in reality television shows. We develop a theoretical model that studies viewer behavior by presenting a framework of competition...

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Competition, cooperation, and collective choice

Markussen, Thomas; Reuben, Ernesto; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2012

economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … outcome depends strongly on specific voting rules of institutional choice. If the majority decides, competition is almost …

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