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    • public & political economics
      • Modern Slavery
      • lobbying
      • voting
      • country formation
    • industrial & health economics
      • auctions & multiple sourcing
      • health economics
    • contest theory
      • affirmative action
      • endogenous contest
      • strategic analysis
      • contest success functions
      • winner-pay contests
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endogenous contest

Welfare Maximizing Contest Success Functions when the Planner Cannot Commit

April 4, 2015May 30, 2015 ~ matthiasdahm

with L Corchón, Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2011, DOI

We analyze how a contest organizer chooses optimally the winner when the contestants’ efforts are already exerted and commitment to the use of a given contest success function is not possible. Continue reading →

Foundations for Contest Success Functions

April 4, 2015May 30, 2015 ~ matthiasdahm

with L Corchón, Economic Theory, 2010, DOI

In the literature, the outcome of contests is either interpreted as win probabilities or as shares of the prize. With this in mind, we examine two approaches to contest success functions (CSFs). Continue reading →

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