propose to apply the first order stochastic dominance (FOSD) criterion to the ranking of the candidates, which appears to be …

compares systems over the quantile set of interest by a first-order stochastic dominance criterion. The systems that are deemed … nondominant in the first procedure could be compared by a weaker almost first-order stochastic dominance criterion in the second …

crucially depends on the first order stochastic dominance of the final outcome under various effort sequences. …

efforts. However, neither first-order nor second-order stochastic dominance in valuations necessarily leads to a first-order … stochastic dominance ranking in efforts. We also show that, as uncertainty vanishes, the Bayesian equilibrium converges to the …