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All-Pay Auctions with Polynomial Rewards
Bos, Olivier; Ranger, Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
&D races, lobbying activity and sport contests are captured by this framework. After analyzing the unique mixed strategy …
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The Role of Search Engine Optimization in Search Rankings
Berman, Ron; Katona, Zsolt - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
how search engine optimization affects sites' investment in content and find that it can lead to underinvestment as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615611
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The optimal design of rewards in contests
Kaplan, Todd R; Wettstein, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Using contests to generate innovation has and is widely used. Such contests often involve offering a prize that depends …
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Communication of Preferences in Contests for Contracts
Kaplan, Todd R - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper models a contest where several sellers compete for a contract with a single buyer. There are several styles of possible designs with a subset of them preferred by the buyer. We examine what happens when the buyer communicates information about his preferences. If the sellers are...
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Contests with Random Noise and a Shared Prize
Sheremeta, Roman; Masters, William; Cason, Timothy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This note introduces a model of contests with random noise and a shared prize that combines features of Tullock (1980 …
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Behavior in Contests
Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Standard theoretical prediction is that rational economic agents participating in rent-seeking contests should engage …
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Behavioral Dimensions of Contests
Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The standard theoretical description of rent-seeking contests is that of rational individuals or groups engaging in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111074
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Overbidding and Heterogeneous Behavior in Contest Experiments
Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We provide an overview of experimental literature on contests and point out the two main phenomena observed in most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111684
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Side-Payments and the Costs of Conflict
Kimbrough, Erik; Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Conflict and competition often impose costs on both winners and losers, and conflicting parties may prefer to resolve the dispute before it occurs. The equilibrium of a conflict game with side-payments predicts that with binding offers, proposers make and responders accept side-payments,...
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Essays on Experimental Investigation of Lottery Contests
Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
. The variety of economic situations that can be described as contests has attracted enormous attention from economic … theorists. Despite the extensive theoretical research of contests, very little empirical research has been done to evaluate the … simultaneous lottery contests: a grand contest, two multiple prize settings (equal and unequal prizes), and a contest which …
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