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The persistent effect of competition on prosociality

Kosse, Fabian; Rajan, Ranjita; Tincani, Michela M. - 2023

We present the first causal evidence on the persistent impact of enduring competition on prosociality. Inspired by the … competition period. 4-year follow-up data indicate that the effect persists and generalizes, suggesting a change in traits and not …

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Team production in competitive labor markets with adverse selection

Siemens, Ferdinand von; Kosfeld, Michael - 2014

Team production is a frequent feature of modern organizations. Combined with team incentives, team production can create externalities among workers, since their utility upon accepting a contract depends on their team's performance and therefore on their colleagues' productivity. We study the...

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Let the market decide : an experimental study of competition and fairness

Bartling, Björn; Grieder, Manuel; Zehnder, Christian - 2014

Is competition perceived as a fair procedure? We report data from laboratory experiments where a powerful buyer can …

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Trust, competition and innovation : theory and evidence from German car manufacturers

Calzolari, Giacomo; Felli, Leonardo; Koenen, Johannes; … - 2015

&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement … - but also with more competitive procurement: trust and rents from reduced supplier competition in the procurement process …

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Making the world a better place : consumers' group identity in the markets with competition and two-sided opportunism

Kanniainen, Vesa - 2016

competition and the group effect support the profits of firms with a high ethical code. Paradoxically, a strong group identity …

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Where to look for the morals in markets?

Sutter, Matthias; Huber, Jürgen; Kirchler, Michael; … - 2016

Markets are ubiquitous in our daily life and, despite many imperfections, they are a great source of human welfare. Nevertheless, there is a heated recent debate on whether markets erode social responsibility and moral behavior. In fact, competitive pressure on markets may create strong...

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Market competition and efficient cooperation

Brandts, Jordi; Riedl, Arno - 2016

We use laboratory experiments to study the causal effects of favorable and unfavorable competitive market experience on cooperation in a subsequent social dilemma game. The issues we study are part of the broader topic of whether there are behavioral spillovers between different spheres of...

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A theory of reciprocity

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001

This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...

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Competition and innovation in automobile markets

Ghosal, Vivek; Ni, Jiayao - 2015

Using data from the US automobile market, we empirically examine the link between competition and innovation … interesting market to examine the link between competition and innovation. We use firm-level time-series data over a long horizon … relationship is reasonably non-linear; (2) higher market-wide competition results in an increase in patenting, and the relationship …

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Gender quotas, competitions, and peer review : experimental evidence on the backlash against women

Leibbrandt, Andreas; Wang, Liang Choon; Foo, Cordelia - 2015 - This version: 11 September 2015

This study experimentally investigates gender quotas in light of peer review. We investigate competitions with and without gender quotas and a peer review process that allows for sabotage. Our findings show that the possibility of peer sabotage renders the gender quota ineffective in encouraging...

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