Competitive rivalry, social disposition, and subjective well-being: An experiment

被引：47

作者：

Brandts, Jordi ^{[3
,6
]}

Riedl, Arno ^{[1
,2
]}

van Winden, Frans ^{[4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] CESifo, IZA, NL-6200 MD Maastricht, Netherlands

[2] Maastricht Univ, Dept Econ AE 1, Fac Econ & Business Adm, NL-6200 MD Maastricht, Netherlands

[3] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Business Econ, Inst Econ Anal CSIC, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

[4] Tinbergen Inst, NL-1018 WB Amsterdam, Netherlands

[5] Univ Amsterdam, CREED, Fac Econ & Business, NL-1018 WB Amsterdam, Netherlands

[6] Barcelona GSE, Barcelona, Spain

来源：

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS | 2009年 / 93卷 / 11-12期

关键词：

Competition; Rivalry; Happiness; Well-being; Laboratory; Experiment; Emotions; PUBLIC-GOODS; VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS; CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT; ECONOMIC-THEORY; PROFIT SEEKING; GIFT EXCHANGE; MARKET; RECIPROCITY; FAIRNESS; COOPERATION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.07.010

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper experimentally studies the effects of competitive rivalry in a social dilemma where people's actions cannot be contractually fixed. We find that, in comparison with no rivalry, the presence of rivalry does neither increase efficiency nor does it yield any gains in earnings for the short side of the exchange relation. Moreover, rivalry has a clearly negative impact on the disposition towards others and on the experienced well-being of those on the long side. Since subjective well-being improves only for those on the short side rivalry contributes to larger inequalities in experienced well-being. All in all rivalry does not show up as a positive force in our environment. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1158 / 1167

页数：10