Rent-seeking
Welfare Maximizing Contest Success Functions when the Planner Cannot Commit
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
Tullock and Hirshleifer: A Meeting of the Minds
with J. Alcalde, Review of Economic Design, 2007, DOI
We introduce the serial contest by building on the desirable properties of two prominent contest games. Continue reading
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