participation rates, fuel costs, market size, a rate cap and switch to competition for 16 states and the District of Columbia. We … competition makes the market more efficient by lowering the markup of retail prices over wholesale costs. The effects of a …

Competition among firms has been suggested to reflect the ruthless logic of Darwinian selection: a free market is a … leads to a paradox. We show that the application of Darwinian selection to competition among firms (as opposed to among … individual self-interest. We apply an alternative evolutionary model of economic competition, multi-level selection (MLS) theory …

There has been much recent literature about sex differences in competition, mostly noting that women are innately less … are domain specific. We conducted a 2 (sex)×4 (domain) experiment with 434 participants examining competition decisions …, familiarity with the domain, and performance. We find no overall sex differences in rates of competition when collapsing across …

effects of different pay schemes (competition, fixed pay and piece rate) on counterproductive behaviour. On average … significantly higher under competition than under the two other pay schemes. …

” (unscrupulous clients threatening to smear a monitor's reputation unless bribed). I highlight the crucial roles of competition among …

In Germany risk adjustment is a core element of the regulatory framework of competition between sickness funds. It …

subsidy from general revenue was introduced. The aims of the reform were: (1) intensifying competition, (2) gearing … competition towards quality and efficiency, and (3) increasing financial sustainability. This article describes the reform …

between bank stability and competition for these small credit institutions. Does competition affect the stability of … cooperative banks? Does the financial stability of banks increase/decrease when competition is higher? We assess the dynamic … relationship between competition and bank soundness (both in the short and long run) among European cooperative banks between 1998 …