I characterize the optimal accuracy level r of an unbiased Tullock contest between two players with heterogeneous prize … contest with an all-pay auction equilibrium (r≥2). By contrast, if she aims at maximizing the expected aggregate effort or the … winner's expected effort, she will choose a contest with a pure-strategy equilibrium, and the optimal accuracy level r<2 …

polarization, a key mechanism theorized as increasing the chances of violent conflict, remains less understood. We argue that …

agents with commonly known types. The agents in each set compete in a lottery (Tullock) contest, and then are assortatively …

contestants, which varies the balance of the playing field. A generalized lottery contest typically yields no closed …-form equilibrium solutions, which nullifies the usual implicit programming approach to optimal contest design and limits analysis to … technique applies to a broad array of contest design problems, and the analysis it enables generates novel insights into …

This paper provides a general study of a contest modeled as a multiplayer incomplete-information, all-pay auction with … sequential entry. The contest consists of multiple periods. Players arrive and exert efforts sequentially to compete for a prize …

competition and the intergenerational transmission of identities within the family. We find nation-building efforts are generally … characterized by fast interventions. We show that a zero-sum conflict over resources pushes long-run dynamics toward homogeneous …