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Sabotage in Asymmetric Contests – An Experimental Analysis Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Christine Harbring
Bernd Irlenbusch
Matthias Kräkel
Reinhard Selten
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In a contest players compete for winning a prize by effort and thereby increasing their probability of winning. Contestants, however, could also improve their own relative position by harming the other players. We experimentally analyze contests with heterogeneous agents who may individually sabotage each other. Our results suggest that sabotaging behavior systematically varies with the composition of different types of agents in a contest. Moreover, if the saboteur's identity is revealed sabotage decreases while retaliation motives prevail.
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Keywords: Contest ; Experiments ; Sabotage ; Tournament ; Find related papers by JEL classification: C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
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