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We study an all-pay contest with multiple identical prizes ("lifeboat seats"). Prizes are partitioned into subsets of prizes ("lifeboats"). Players play a two-stage game. First, each player chooses an element of the partition ("a lifeboat"). Then each player competes for a prize in the subset...
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We study from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective how a network of military alliances and enmities affects the intensity of a conflict. The model combines elements from network theory and from the politico-economic theory of conflict. We postulate a Tullock contest success function...
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This paper studies the hiring and firing decisions of firms and their effects on firm value. This is done in an environment where the productivity of workers depends on how well they match with their co-workers and the firm acts as a coordinating device. Match quality derives from a production...
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research grants than for development grants. We also find cross-scheme effects that may arise due to complementarity between …
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industries display a considerable amount of complementarity, with some industries being complementary across all obstacles. We …
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Using survey data from 28 transition countries, we test for the complementarity and substitutability of market …
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&D with other firms and research organizations. In this Paper we provide evidence on complementarity between different … result is consistent with complementarity between own R&D and external technology sourcing activities. Furthermore, we show … perceived complementarity between these innovation activities. An important finding is that a capacity to strategically protect …
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This Paper is an empirical study on the existence of complementarity between product and process innovation. We present … the existence of complementarity among production and innovation strategies. We apply the model to analyse the Spanish … significant complementarity between product and process innovation. We are able to separate the nature of complementarity …
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significant and is negatively signed, implying complementarity between investment and hiring. There is a substantial role for …
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Liberalization of the European automobile distribution system in 2002 limits the ability of manufacturers to impose vertical restraints, leading to a substantial increase in competitive pressure among dealers. We estimate an equilibrium model of profit maximization to evaluate how dealers change...
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