The market for talent: Competition for resources and self-governance in teams

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ramalingam, Abhijit; Stoddard, Brock V.; Walker, James M.
• 署名单位: University of North Carolina; Appalachian State University; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
• 刊物名称: GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0899-8256
• DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2019.02.006
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 268-284
• 关键词: Public goods; experiment; Divided loyalties; COMPETITION; RESOURCES; Endogenous membership

摘要

In a laboratory setting, we investigate the effect of competition for the resources of team members with 'divided loyalties', and the role of such competition in overcoming the free-rider problem associated with the provision of team-level public goods. We find that competition alone creates 'winners' and 'losers'. However, if groups have access to more information on the actions of team members, or are able to determine their membership through ostracism, they are more successful in attracting the 'loyalties' of team members. By eschewing the study of additional mechanisms that require external intervention or alterations of payoff functions, our work highlights the potential of implicit competition in promoting cooperation. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.