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Steffen Huck
Researcher at University College London
Publications - 249
Citations - 8344
Steffen Huck is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cournot competition & Competition (economics). The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 245 publications receiving 7866 citations. Previous affiliations of Steffen Huck include Institute for the Study of Labor & Humboldt University of Berlin.
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Consumer Networks and Firm Reputation: A First Experimental Investigation
TL;DR: In this article, the role of consumer networks for trust in markets that suffer from moral hazard is examined, where consumers can exchange information with their neighbours about their private experiences with different sellers.
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Crop Failures and Export Tariffs
TL;DR: In this paper, a stylized model of the world grain market characterized by a small oligopoly of traders with market power on both the supply and demand side is analyzed. And it is shown that export tariffs are strategic complements and that for poor harvests equilibrium tariffs can explode.
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Medical Insurance and Free Choice of Physician Shape Patient Overtreatment: A Laboratory Experiment
Steffen Huck,Gabriele K. Lünser,Florian Spitzer,Florian Spitzer,Jean-Robert Tyran,Jean-Robert Tyran,Jean-Robert Tyran +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of medical insurance and competition in the guise of free choice of physician were studied in a laboratory experiment designed to capture key aspects of the interaction between physicians and patients in a stylized way.
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Could the Florida election disaster have been avoided by competition among polling stations
Heike Harmgart,Steffen Huck +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study a model of competition among polling stations where polling stations have to invest in counting precision to attract voters, and they find that competition enhances precision when compared to a monopoly.
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How Trump triumphed: Multi-candidate primaries with buffoons
TL;DR: In this article , the authors show that people recognize a buffoon when they see one and aim their attacks elsewhere with the unfortunate consequence that the buffoon has an enhanced probability of winning.