Lackner, Mario; Stracke, Rudi; Sunde, Uwe and Winter-Ebmer, RudolfORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-6631
(November 2015)
Are Competitors Forward Looking in Strategic Interactions? Evidence from the Field.
Former Series > Working Paper Series > IHS Economics Series 319,
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This paper investigates empirically whether decision makers are forward looking in dynamic strategic interactions. In particular, we test whether decision makers in multi-stage tournaments take heterogeneity induced changes of continuation values and the ability of their immediate opponent into account when choosing effort. Using data from professional and semi-professional basketball tournaments, we find that effort is negatively affected by the ability of the current opponent, consistent with the theoretical prediction and previous evidence. More importantly, the results indicate that the expected relative strength in future interactions does affect behavior in earlier stages, which provides support for the 'standard' view that decision makers are forward looking in dynamic strategic interactions.
Item Type: | IHS Series |
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Keywords: | Promotion tournament, multi-stage contest, elimination, forward-looking behavior, heterogeneity |
Classification Codes (e.g. JEL): | D84, D90, M51, J33 |
Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2015 12:55 |
Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2019 06:15 |
URI: | https://irihs.ihs.ac.at/id/eprint/3797 |
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