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Simple Equilibria in General Contests
Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan (FEH), Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS). (Linnaeus University Centre for Discrimination and Integration Studies)
Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan (FEH), Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS). (Linnaeus University Centre for Discrimination and Integration Studies)ORCID-id: 0000-0002-8973-1410
University of Cologne, Germany. (Linnaeus University Centre for Discrimination and Integration Studies)
(engelsk)Manuskript (preprint) (Annet vitenskapelig)
Abstract [en]

We show how symmetric equilibria emerge in general two-player contests in which skill and effort are combined to produce output according to a general production technology and players have skills drawn from different distributions. The model includes the Tullock (1980) and Lazear and Rosen (1981) models as special cases. Our paper provides intuition regarding how the contest components interact to determine the incentive to exert effort and sheds new light on classic comparative statics results. In particular, we show that more heterogeneity can increase equilibrium effort.

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contest theory, symmetric equilibrium, heterogeneity, risk, stochastic dominance
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Ekonomi, Nationalekonomi
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-90358OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-90358DiVA, id: diva2:1374847
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The Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation, P18-0208German Research Foundation (DFG), EXC 2126/1 390838866
Merknad

An earlier working paper version of this paper was circulated under the title “A General Framework for Studying Contests”.

Tilgjengelig fra: 2019-12-03 Laget: 2019-12-03 Sist oppdatert: 2022-10-19bibliografisk kontrollert

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