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Information and Competition Entry
Ewers, Mara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition failure, where competition failure occurs when a subject...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279246
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Stop Watching and Start Listening! The Impact of Coaching and Peer Observation in tournaments
Eisenkopf, Gerald; Friehe, Tim - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2012
This paper uses experimental data to analyze how competitive behavior is influenced by coaching and peer observation. We study behavior in a sequential contest, considering information about the effort level of subjects in other contests (observation of peers) and information about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555234
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Information in tournaments under limited liability
Budde, Jörg - University of Bonn, Germany - 2005
The problem of designing tournament contracts under limited liability and alternative performance measures is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989629
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Feedback and Incentives: Experimental Evidence
Eriksson, Tor; Poulsen, Anders; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
-takes-all tournament. We find that, regardless of the pay scheme used, feedback does not improve performance. There are no significant peer … effects in the piece-rate pay scheme. In contrast, in the tournament scheme we find some evidence of positive peer effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703358
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Feedback and Incentives : Experimental Evidence
Eriksson, Tor; Poulsen, Anders; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2008
-takes-all tournament. We find that, regardless of the pay scheme used, feedback does not improve performance. There are no significant peer … effects in the piece-rate pay scheme. In contrast, in the tournament scheme we find some evidence of positive peer effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056862
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Feedback and Incentives : Experimental Evidence
Eriksson, Tor; Poulsen, Anders; Villeval, Marie-Claire - HAL - 2008
-takes-all tournament. We find that, regardless of the pay scheme used, feedback does not improve performance. There are no significant peer … effects in the piece-rate pay scheme. In contrast, in the tournament scheme we find some evidence of positive peer effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791004
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Join the Leader, Imitate or Follow: Evolutionary Stable Strategies in the Commons
Schott, Stephan - 2010
"We develop an evolutionary game theory model for a limited access common pool resource. With full disclosure of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468354
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Global versus Local Competition
Legros, Patrick; Stahl, Konrad - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
market performance under monopoly versus oligopoly. If consumers have to choose once where to shop we show that under all …, prices may increase under oligopoly. We check the robustness of these results in various extensions and draw consequences on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498025
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Cross-Function and Same-Function Alliances: How Does Alliance Structure Affect the Behavior of Partnering Firms?
Amaldoss, Wilfred; Staelin, Richard - 2010
, whereas in cross-function alliances, partners have very different competencies. On examining managers' view of these alliances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475396
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THE EVALUATION OF AN ORE DEPOSIT DEVELOPMENT PROSPECT THROUGH APPLICATION OF THE "GAMES AGAINST NATURE" APPROACH
KRZAK, MARIUSZ - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR) 30 (2013) 06, pp. 1350029-1
Geological-mining projects are usually associated with relatively high risk and uncertainty in many aspects, including geological, mining, ecologic, economic, market, legal and social conditions. A mineral deposit is an underground natural resource and hence it is difficult to unequivocally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011010822