کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
881831 1471557 2015 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Competitive behavior, impact on others, and the number of competitors
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
رفتار رقابتی، تاثیر بر روی دیگران و تعداد رقبا
کلمات کلیدی
رفتار رقابتی، تعداد رقبا، عادلانه بودن در رقابت، مقررات
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
چکیده انگلیسی


• An increase in size of the reference group increases the level of competitive behavior.
• Effect holds only where competitive behavior reduces future earnings of the group members.
• Effect falls further when respondents also anticipate future interactions with the reference group.
• Norms explain competitive behavior better than emotions.

This paper investigates changes in competitive behavior that follow from changes in: (1) the impact of competitive behavior on others; and (2) the size of the competitive reference group. Using a 2 × 3 between-subjects design, we asked participants whether they would work more hours (i.e., “compete”) in return for an increase in pay, varying: (1) group size – small (n = 4) or large (n = 40); (2) whether there is impact on others or not; and (3) given impact on others, whether there is future interaction or not. We find that when competitive behavior has no impact on coworkers (i.e., the baseline), the size of the competitive reference group does not influence the level of competitive behavior. If we allow the competitive choice to reduce the earnings of coworkers: (1) the level of competitive behavior falls relative to the baseline; and (2) increases in the size of the competitive reference group increase the level of competitive behavior. The level of competitive behavior falls further when respondents also anticipate future interactions with the reference group.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics - Volume 57, August 2015, Pages 37–44
نویسندگان
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