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Optimal prizes in dynamic elimination contests : an experimental analysis ; conference paper

Stracke, Rudi; Höchtl, Wolfgang; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - 2013

This paper investigates the effects of different prize structures on the effort choices of participants in two-stage elimination contests. A format with a single prize is shown to maximize total effort over both stages, but induces low effort in stage 1 and high effort in stage 2. By contrast, a...

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Self-serving behavior in price-quality competition : conference paper

Bertini, Marco; Halbheer, Daniel; Koenigsberg, Oded - 2013

this phenomenon, and develop a model of price-quality competition that incorporates the empirical findings. In particular …

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Regulatory competition in credit markets with capital standards as signals : conference paper

Haufler, Andreas; Maier, Ulf - 2013 - Preliminary and incomplete, February 2013

This paper studies regulatory competition in the banking sector in a model where banks are heterogeneous and taxpayers … strictly regulated country. In this model, regulatory competition in capital standards may lead to a `race to the top' for two …

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Gender differences in competition and sabotage : conference paper

Dato, Simon; Nieken, Petra - 2013

We study the differences in behavior of males and females in a two-player tournament with sabotage in a controlled lab experiment. Implementing a real-effort design and a principal who is paid based on the agent s output, we find that males and females do not differ in their achievements in the...

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Reference points, social norms, and fairness in contract renegotiations : conference paper

Bartling, Björn; Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2013

Do contracts provide reference points that affect ex post behavior? We address this question in a canonical buyer-seller relationship with renegotiation. Our paper provides causal experimental evidence that an initial contract has a highly significant and economically important impact on...

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Licensing with free entry : conference paper

Doganoglu, Toker; Inceoglu, Firat; Muthers, Johannes - 2013

The literature on the licensing of an innovation has mainly focused on some specific contract types. We show within the framework of a fairly general model that removing these contractual limitations will lead to extreme market outcomes. Specifically, we find that when the patentee can employ...

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Limiting rival's efficiency via conditional discounts : conference paper

Greer, Katja - 2013

This paper studies the impact of a dominant firm's conditional discounts on competitors' learning-by-doing. In a vertical context where a dominant upstream supplier and a competitive fringe sell their products to a single downstream firm, we analyze whether the dominant supplier prefers to off...

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Tax Competition for Foreign Direct Investments and the Nature of the Incumbent Firm

Amerighi, Oscar; De Feo, Giuseppe - 2012

In this paper we investigate tax/subsidy competition for FDI between countries of different size when a domestic firm … policy competition between the two governments seeking to attract FDI. We show that the country hosting the incumbent always … welfare-maximizer location. Finally, an efficiency-enhancing role of policy competition may only arise when the domestic …

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Domestic rivalry and export performance : theory and evidence from international airline markets

Clougherty, Joseph A.; Zhang, Anming - 2008

The much-studied relationship between domestic rivalry and export performance consists of those supporting a national-champion rationale, and those supporting a rivalry rationale. While the empirical literature generally supports the positive effects of domestic rivalry, the national-champion...

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Bank competition : when is it good?

Hainz, Christa - 2008

The effects of bank competition and institutions on credit markets are usually studied separately although both factors … are interdependent. We study the effect of bank competition on the choice of contracts (screening versus collateralized … effects of bank competition on collateralization, access to finance, and social welfare depend on the institutional …

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