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Chowdhury, Subhasish; Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Using a two-player Tullock-type contest we show that intuitively and structurally different contests can be … equivalent to the original Tullock contest, and provide new examples of strategically equivalent contests. Finally, we discuss … possible contest design applications and avenues for future theoretical and empirical research. …

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Multiple Equilibria in Tullock Contests

Chowdhury, Subhasish; Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

We find the sufficient conditions for the existence of multiple equilibria in Tullock-type contests, and show that asymmetric equilibria arise even under symmetric prize and cost structures. We then present existing contests where multiple equilibria exist under reasonably weak conditions.

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Facing Your Opponents: Social Identification and Information Feedback in Contests

Mago, Shakun; Samak, Anya; Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

We experimentally investigate the effect of social identification and information feedback on individual behavior in contests. In all treatments we find significant over-expenditure of effort relative to the standard theoretical predictions. Identifying subjects through photo display decreases...

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When Parity Promotes Peace: Resolving Conflict Between Asymmetric Agents

Kimbrough, Erik; Sheremeta, Roman; Shields, Timothy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Due to the high costs of conflict both in theory and practice, we examine and experimentally test the conditions under … which conflict between asymmetric agents can be resolved. We model conflict as a two-agent rent-seeking contest for an …

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A generalized Tullock contest

Sheremeta, Roman; Chowdhury, Subhasish - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We construct a generalized Tullock contest under complete information where contingent upon winning or losing, the …

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On the evolution of prize perceptions in contests

Boudreau, James W.; Shunda, Nicholas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We apply an indirect evolutionary approach to players' perceived prize valuations in contests. Evolution in finite populations leads to preferences that overstate the prize's material value and induce overexpenditure. We establish an equivalence between the behavior evolutionarily stable...

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Conflict and Conflict Managment with Asymmetric Stakes (The Bad-Cop and the Good Cop part II)

Caruso, Raul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

evaluate differently the contested stake. Differently from common contest models, agents have the option of choosing a second …

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Conflict and Conflict Management with Interdependent Instruments and Asymmetric Stakes,(The Good-Cop and the Bad-Cop Game)

Caruso, Raul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

clash in order to redistribute a divisible prize in their favour. Differently from common contest models agents have the …

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On the (Non)-Lattice Structure of Equilibrium Sets in Games with Strategic Substitutes

Roy, Sunanda - 2020

This paper studies models where the optimal response functions under consideration are non-increasing in endogenous variables, and weakly increasing in exogenous parameters. Such models include games with strategic substitutes, and include cases where additionally, some variables may be...

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Theory of civil war under asymmetric information

Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

In this paper, we consider a model that suggests that the theory of exchange with asymmetric information seems suitable …

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