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Do tournaments with superstars encourage or discourage competition?
Babington, Michael; Goerg, Sebastian J.; Kitchens, Carl T. - 2017
To test and replicate the superstar effect reported by Brown (2011) we empirically study contests where a single entrant has an endogenously higher probability of winning. Unlike the previous literature, we test for the presence of the superstar effect in several different contexts. Ultimately,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647661
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Do Tournaments with Superstars Encourage or Discourage Competition?
Babington, Michael; Goerg, Sebastian J.; Kitchens, Carl - 2017
To test and replicate the superstar effect reported by Brown (2011) we empirically study contests where a single entrant has an endogenously higher probability of winning. Unlike the previous literature, we test for the presence of the superstar effect in several different contexts. Ultimately,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653483
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Do Tournaments with Superstars Encourage or Discourage Competition?
Babington, Michael - 2017
To test and replicate the superstar effect reported by Brown (2011) we empirically study contests where a single entrant has an endogenously higher probability of winning. Unlike the previous literature, we test for the presence of the superstar effect in several different contexts. Ultimately,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956030
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Are winners promoted too often? : evidence from the NFL draft 1999 - 2012
Kitchens, Carl T. - In: Economic inquiry : journal of the Western Economic … 53 (2015) 2, pp. 1317-1330
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A dam problem : TVA's fight against malaria, 1926 - 1951
Kitchens, Carl T. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009736536
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The role of publicly provided electricity in economic development : the experience of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1929 - 1955
Kitchens, Carl T. - In: The journal of economic history 74 (2014) 2, pp. 389-419
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Identifying changes in the spatial distribution of crime : evidence from a referee experiment in the National Football League
Kitchens, Carl T. - In: Economic inquiry : journal of the Western Economic … 52 (2014) 1, pp. 259-268
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467824
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The use of eminent domain in land assembly : the case of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Kitchens, Carl T. - In: Public choice 160 (2014) 3/4, pp. 455-466
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A dam problem : TVA's flight against malaria, 1926 - 1951
Kitchens, Carl T. - In: The journal of economic history 73 (2013) 3, pp. 694-724
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342771
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The effects of the Works Progress Administration's anti-malaria programs in Georgia : 1932 - 1947
Kitchens, Carl T. - In: Explorations in economic history : EEH 50 (2013) 4, pp. 567-581
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