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Group contest in a coopetitive setup : experimental evidence

Kiss, Hubert János ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3666-9331, Rosa-Garcia, Alfonso ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2223-007X and Zhukova, Vita (2023) Group contest in a coopetitive setup : experimental evidence. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 18 . pp. 463-490. DOI 10.1007/s11403-022-00373-6

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Abstract

We study experimentally cooperation in group contests under a new sharing rule that captures elements of coopetitive setups that are often characterized by the tension between cooperation and competition. It introduces an allocation of the obtained prize which is inversely proportional to individual efforts. We use it to study if the pervasive over-expenditure observed in group contests remains even when individual effort is extremely disincentivized and compare its effects with the egalitarian sharing rule. Participants in our experiment make more effort with the egalitarian than with the inverse proportional rule, but we document a sizeable over-expenditure even with the inverse proportional rule. We find that contribution in a public goods game is positively associated with effort in the group contest. Social value orientation, risk attitudes, competitiveness, or other personality traits do not predict behavior consistently.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Competitiveness ; Egalitarian sharing rule ; Group contest ; Inverse proportional sharing rule ; Public goods game ; Risk attitudes ; Social value orientation
JEL classification:C72 - Noncooperative Games
C92 - Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Group Behavior
D70 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General
D72 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
H41 - Public Goods
Divisions:Institute of Economics
Subjects:Decision making
Culture, sport
Psychology
Funders:National Research, Development Innovation (NKFIH), Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
Projects:K 119683, ECO2017-82449-P, ECO2016-76178-P, PID2019-107192GB-I00
DOI:10.1007/s11403-022-00373-6
ID Code:10998
Deposited By: MTMT SWORD
Deposited On:10 Mar 2025 11:01
Last Modified:10 Mar 2025 11:27

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