Competition lessens competition

Sara Godoy, Antonio Morales () and Javier Rodero

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 120, issue 3, 419-423

Abstract: We experimentally analyse simultaneous behaviour in a contest game and a public good game, whose endowment is shared. Competition for resources (i) almost eliminates overbidding, without affecting public good contributions and (ii) almost eliminates the behavioural spillovers between the games.

Keywords: Experiment; Competition; Public good game; Contest game; Behavioural spillovers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 C91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.05.021

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