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 the electoral … outcome depends strongly on specific voting rules of institutional choice. If the majority decides, competition is almost …

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 the electoral … outcome depends strongly on specific voting rules of institutional choice. If the majority decides, competition is almost …

since the underdogs almost never quit the competition even when lagging significantly behind, and frontrunners do not slack …

restrictions on candidate entry need not necessarily reduce electoral competition. In fact, when group sizes are asymmetric …, affirmative action may increase electoral competition and consequently, improve provision of public goods. This happens because in … problem. Affirmative action eliminates this problem and increases within-group competition. We study a randomized caste based …