Rent, risk, and replication: preference adaptation in winner-take-all markets

Abstract: "We study the evolution of an economy where agents who are heterogeneous with respect to risk attitudes can either earn a certain income or enter a risky rent-seeking contest. We assume that agents behave rationally given their preferences, but that the population distribution of preferences evolves over time in response to material pay-offs. We show that, in particular, initial distributions with full support converge to stationary states where all types may still be present, risk lovers specialize in rent-seeking, and the available rents are perfectly dissipated." (author's abstract)

Alternative title
Rente, Risiko und Replikation: Präferenz-Anpassung in "Der-Sieger-bekommt-alles" Märkten
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 28 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion

Bibliographic citation
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Markt und politische Ökonomie ; Bd. 01-10

Keyword
Wettbewerb
Rent Seeking
Risikoverhalten
Evolutorische Wirtschaft
Theorie
Nichtkooperatives Spiel

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2001
Creator
Contributor
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-115089
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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