the intuition that risk exposure is detrimental, we show that residual claimants are able to extract a risk premium, which … is increasing in risk exposure. In some cases the premium is so high that it is advantageous to bargain over a risky pie … rather than a risk-less pie. Contrary to theory, the comparatively less risk adverse residual claimants benefit the most …

contest experiments- (i) overbidding relative to the standard Nash equilibrium prediction and (ii) heterogeneous behavior of … ex-ante symmetric contestants. Based on the sample of contest experiments that we review, the median overbidding rate is … 72%. We provide different explanations for the overbidding phenomenon, including bounded rationality, utility of winning …

contests which are isomorphic under risk-neutrality. The results indicate that in aggregate the single-prize contest generates …-prize contest. We also elicit preferences toward risk, ambiguity and losses, and find that while such preferences cannot explain …