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On competition and well-being, an experimental investigation into rivalry, social disposition, and subjective well-being| old_uid | 2168 |
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| title | On competition and well-being, an experimental investigation into rivalry, social disposition, and subjective well-being |
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| start_date | 2007/02/02 |
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| schedule | 10h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | This paper experimentally studies the effects of competition in an environ-
ment where people’s actions can not be contractually fixed. We find that,
in comparison with no competition, the presence of competition does neither
increase efficiency nor does it yield any gains in earnings for the short side of
the exchange relation. Moreover, competition has a clearly negative impact on
the disposition towards others and on the experienced well-being of those on
the long side. Since sub jective well-being improves only for those on the short
side competition contributes to larger inequalities in experienced well-being.
All in all competition does not show up as a positive force in our environment. |
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| responsibles | Bourgeois-Gironde |
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