This paper shows that in a contest with the "Tullock" forms of contest success function, an increase in the number of …

Success Function. The results of the model suggest that in an institutionalized scenario, agents gain more both in terms of …€œpeaceful†benefits for member countries. The analysis, produced in a very simplified world, counts as a founding pillar of the Contest …

This paper shows that in a contest with the "Tullock" forms of contest success function, an increase in the number of …

success function. Furthermore, including closeness in the designer’s objective may induce the designer to uniformly increase … probabilities. In contrast to previous studies, the impact of closeness on the optimal prize depends on the shape of the contest …

fixed element as a feature of a modified Contest Success Function. However, this very simple model shows that even if …

Contest Success Function. The results of the model suggest that in an institutionalized scenario agents gain more both in …