Escaping the Zero‐Sum Game of Positional Races
研究了个人如何通过特定机制应对排名竞赛的零和性质，从而可能提升幸福感，并提供了现实世界中的证据支持，最后讨论了政策启示。
Summary Positional races are frequently described as zero‐sum games implying that winners are exactly offset by losers. From the social welfare viewpoint, these races are wasteful. We develop several mechanisms allowing individuals to cope with the zero sum nature of rank games and possibly increase their happiness. We provide evidence to support the relevance of these mechanisms in real world settings. Several policy implications are drawn.