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Contests with sequential entry and incomplete information

Deng, Shanglyu; Fu, Qiang; Wu, Zenan; Zhu, Yuxuan - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 19 (2024) 2, pp. 705-742

This paper provides a general study of a contest modeled as a multiplayer incomplete-information, all-pay auction with sequential entry. The contest consists of multiple periods. Players arrive and exert efforts sequentially to compete for a prize. They observe the efforts made by their earlier...

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Intrinsic motivation in open source software development

Bitzer, Jürgen; Schrettl, Wolfram; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - In: Journal of comparative economics : the journal of the … 35 (2007) 1, pp. 160-169

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Do Open Source Developers Respond to Competition? The (La)TeX Case Study

Gaudeul, Alexia - 2009

use of their software by others and must therefore consider non-developers' needs to make their software more attractive …

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Do Open Source Developers Respond to Competition? : The (La)Tex Case Study

Gaudeul, Alexia - 2017

This paper traces the history of the development and use of the Open Source TeX typesetting program. This software was … development of each type of software evolved in a symbiotic way. The strengths and weaknesses of both development methods were …

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Essays in the economics of digital transformation

Goldbeck, Moritz - 2024

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Empirical essays on digital platforms

Abou El-Komboz, Lena Marie - 2025

software industry, more digital by its nature, it is nowadays the standard to use version control systems such as git, with …, software, music, news, and videos (Waldfogel, 2017; Wu and Zhu, 2022). Three of the top 10 of the global 2000 list by Forbes in …

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Does a platform monopolist want competition?

Niedermayer, Andreas - 2015

We consider a software vendor first selling a monopoly platform and then an application running on this platform. He … over to non-software platforms and, partially, to upstream and downstream firms. The model also explains why Microsoft …

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Does a Platform Monopolist Want Competition?

Niedermayer, Andras F. - 2006

We consider a software vendor first selling a monopoly platform and then an application running on this platform. He … carry over to non-software platforms and, partially, to upstream and downstream firms. The model also explains why Microsoft …

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Private provision of a complementary public good

Schmidtke, Richard (contributor) - 2006

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Private provision of a complementary public good

Schmidtke, Richard - 2006

For several years, an increasing number of firms have been investing in Open Source Software (OSS). While improvements …

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