economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … situation. Experimental results show that the competitive scheme fosters cooperation. Competition is popular but also that the … electoral outcome depends strongly on specific voting rules of institutional choice. If the majority decides, competition is …

students, this paper presents a simple model showing that free riding incentives lead to an insufficient degree of cooperation …

preferences for competition. In this study, we provide a more detailed view on competitiveness by differentiating between four … different motivations for entering competitions enjoyment of competition, desire to win, competition for personal development …

competition between ethnic groups? In a general equilibrium model, this paper argues that spillover effects in skill acquisition …

characteristics are observed. Students are randomly assigned to a tournament scheme that fosters competition between coupled students … which students can neither compete, nor cooperate. In line with theoretical predictions, we find that competition induces … higher effort with respect to cooperation and cooperation does not increase effort with respect to the baseline. However …

increasingly hindered by psychological stress and risk aversion as competition is higher. Finally, we use panel data to estimate …

the theory with workplace data for Britain and Norway. Results are consistent with the theory: local union bargaining is …