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Bester, Helmut; Konrad, Kai A. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

explain delay. For a given contest technology, delay may occur if there is an asymmetry between defense and attack, if the …

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Multi-Battle Contests

Konrad, Kai A.; Kovenock, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

contests. Players may win a prize for winning each component contest, as well as a prize for winning the overall race. Each … component contest is an all-pay auction with complete information. We characterize the unique equilibrium analytically and …

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Multi-Stage Contests with Stochastic Ability

Konrad, Kai A.; Kovenock, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

earn a positive expected payoff from participating in the contest, which may explain why they participate. We also show … ability dispersion selects such players into the contest and favors them in elimination contests. …

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A Theory of Rent Seeking with Informational Foundations

Lagerlöf, Johan N. M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

microfoundations, the welfare consequences of rent seeking can be studied. In particular, I show that competition among rent seekers …

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A Nationwide Laboratory Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioural Experiments into Representative Surveys

Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; Schupp, Jürgen; von … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

data with representative behavioural data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to … survey data is limited by measurement error and by the questionability of their behavioural relevance. Here we present a … interaction among the participants, with a survey of non-interacting respondents in a smooth and inexpensive way. We illustrate …

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Optimal Patronage

Drugov, Mikhail - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We study the design of promotions in an organization where agents belong to groups that advance their cause. Examples and applications include political groups, ethnicities, agents motivated by the work in the public sector and corruption. In an overlapping generations model, juniors compete for...

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A Theory of Fairness, Competition and Cooperation

Fehr, Ernst; Schmidt, Klaus M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

There is strong evidence that people exploit their bargaining power in competitive markets but not in bilateral bargaining situations. There is also strong evidence that people exploit free-riding opportunities in voluntary cooperation games. Yet, when they are given the opportunity to punish...

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Gender and Competition

Booth, Alison L - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

lecture I briefly survey some recent studies aiming to explain why apparently identical women and men receive such different …

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On Public Opinion Polls and Voters' Turnout

Klor, Esteban F; Winter, Eyal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper studies the effects that the revelation of information on the electorate's preferences has on voters' turnout decisions. The experimental data show that closeness in the division of preferences induces a significant increase in turnout. Moreover, for closely divided electorates (and...

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No Trade

Carrillo, Juan D; Palfrey, Thomas R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

environment. A laboratory experiment is conducted, where trade is found to occur between 16% and 32% of the time, depending on the …

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