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Contest Copycats: Adversarial Duplication of Effort in Contests

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Participants in an innovation contest may steal their opponents’ ideas to enhance their chance of winning. To model this, I introduce the ability to copy another player’s effort in a Tullock contest between two players. I characterise the unique equilibrium in this game dependent on the cost of copying and one of the players’ productivity advantage. If the cost of copying is low, the less productive player is more likely to win the contest. The model’s comparative statics have important implications for governments who subsidise firms in contests and for contest designers.

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  • Jonas Send, 2023. "Contest Copycats: Adversarial Duplication of Effort in Contests," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(5), pages 684-703, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:defpea:v:34:y:2023:i:5:p:684-703
    DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2022.2041845
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