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Alexander Matros

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Working papers

  1. Matros, Alexander & Smirnov, Vladimir & Wait, Andrew, 2021. "Sunk costs, entry and clustering," Working Papers 2021-11, University of Sydney, School of Economics, revised Jan 2024.

    Cited by:

    1. Bloch, Francis & Fabrizi, Simona & Lippert, Steffen, 2022. "Hiding and herding in market entry," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 206(C).

  2. Bilen, Eren & Matros, Alexander, 2020. "Online Cheating Amid COVID-19," MPRA Paper 103185, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdottir & Marco Francesconi & Ásthildur M. Johannsdottir & Gylfi Zoega, 2025. "How Home Exams and Peers Affect College Grades in Unprecedented Times," CESifo Working Paper Series 12367, CESifo.
    2. Binelli, Chiara & Comi, Simona Lorena & Meschi, Elena & Pagani, Laura, 2024. "Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining: The Role of Study Time and Class Recordings on University Students' Performance during COVID-19," IZA Discussion Papers 17173, IZA Network @ LISER.
    3. Kofoed, Michael S. & Gebhart, Lucas & Gilmore, Dallas & Moschitto, Ryan, 2021. "Zooming to Class?: Experimental Evidence on College Students' Online Learning during COVID-19," IZA Discussion Papers 14356, IZA Network @ LISER.
    4. Jonathan A. Tillinghast & Dr. James W. Mjelde & Anna Yeritsyan, 2023. "COVID-19 and Grade Inflation: Analysis of Undergraduate GPAs During the Pandemic," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, November.
    5. Hill, Andrew J. & LoPalo, Melissa, 2024. "The effects of online vs in-class testing in moderate-stakes college environments," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    6. Corneliu C. Simuț & Laurențiu Petrila & Felix-Angel Popescu & Ionuț Mihai Oprea, 2021. "Challenges and Opportunities for Telecommuting in the School System: Building a Sustainable Online Education in the Context of the SARS-Cov-2 Pandemic," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-21, September.
    7. Klijn, Flip & Mdaghri Alaoui, Mehdi & Vorsatz, Marc, 2022. "Academic integrity in on-line exams: Evidence from a randomized field experiment," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    8. Le Maux, Benoît & Necker, Sarah, 2023. "Honesty nudges: Effect varies with content but not with timing," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 207(C), pages 433-456.
    9. Stankov, Petar, 2024. "The death of exams? Grade inflation and student satisfaction when coursework replaces exams," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 46(C).
    10. Mehdi Mdaghri Alaoui & Marc Vorsatz & Flip Klijn, 2024. "Online Academic Exams: Does Multiplicity of Exam Versions Mitigate Cheating?," Working Papers 1430, Barcelona School of Economics.
    11. Hoque, Nazmul & Basher, Syed Abul & A.K. Enamul, Haque, 2022. "Do Students Perform Better in Online Delivery of Education? Evidence from Bangladesh," MPRA Paper 112981, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    12. James Bierstaker & William D. Brink & Sameera Khatoon & Linda Thorne, 2024. "Academic Fraud and Remote Evaluation of Accounting Students: An Application of the Fraud Triangle," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 195(2), pages 425-447, November.
    13. Zehra Batu & Mikail Batu & Akan Yanık & Hülya Oğur & Simge Kavcar & Serhat Bolat, 2023. "Lifestyle Changes and COVID-19 Related Perceptions of Turkish Healthcare Workers," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, December.
    14. Trung Thanh Nguyen & Manh Hung Do, 2022. "Female Rural–Urban Migrants and Online Marketplaces in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Thailand and Viet Nam," ADBI Working Papers 1388, Asian Development Bank Institute.
    15. Liu Xin Juan & Wu Yun Tao & Palanisamy K. Veloo & Mahadevan Supramaniam, 2022. "Using Extended TPB Models to Predict Dishonest Academic Behaviors of Undergraduates in a Chinese Public University," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(4), pages 21582440221, November.
    16. Agata Galkiewicz & Jan Marcus & Thomas Siedler, 2024. "E-Learning at Universities: Does Starting with Difficult Questions Affect Student Performance?," Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers 0055, Berlin School of Economics.
    17. Kong, Dongmin & Liu, Chenhao & Han, Ling, 2023. "COVID-19 lockdown and municipal solid waste: evidence from the discarding records of 252 communities in China," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 28(4), pages 307-331, August.
    18. Sine Zambach & Jens Ulrik Hansen, 2023. "Student and teacher performance during COVID-19 lockdown: An investigation of associated features and complex interactions using multiple data sources," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(10), pages 1-29, October.
    19. Trung Thanh Nguyen & Manh Hung Do, 2022. "Female migrants and online market participation in rural Southeast Asia," TVSEP Working Papers wp-026, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade, Project TVSEP.

  3. Chowdhury Mohammad Sakib Anwar & Alexander Matros & Sonali Sen Gupta, 2020. "Public Good Provision," Working Papers 300159332, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department.

    Cited by:

    1. Banerjee, Ritwik & Boly, Amadou & Gillanders, Robert, 2022. "Anti-tax evasion, anti-corruption and public good provision: An experimental analysis of policy spillovers," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 197(C), pages 179-194.

  4. Matros, Alexander & Smirnov, Vladimir, 2016. "Duplicative Search," Working Papers 2016-02, University of Sydney, School of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Bavly, Gilad & Heller, Yuval & Schreiber, Amnon, 2020. "Social Welfare in Search Games with Asymmetric Information," MPRA Paper 98838, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Matros, Alexander & Ponomareva, Natalia & Smirnov, Vladimir & Wait, Andrew, 2019. "Search without observability," Working Papers 2019-04, University of Sydney, School of Economics.
    3. de Roos, Nicolas & Matros, Alexander & Smirnov, Vladimir & Wait, Andrew, 2018. "Shipwrecks and treasure hunters," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 259-283.

  5. John Duffy & Alexander Matros, 2013. "Stochastic Asymmetric Blotto Games: Theory and Experimental Evidence," Working Paper 509, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Nov 2013.

    Cited by:

    1. Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Dan Kovenock & David Rojo Arjona & Nathaniel T. Wilcox, 2016. "Focality and Asymmetry in Multi-battle Contests," Working Papers 16-16, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
    2. Deck, Cary & Sarangi, Sudipta & Wiser, Matt, 2017. "An experimental investigation of simultaneous multi-battle contests with strategic complementarities," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 117-134.
    3. Maria Montero & Alex Possajennikov & Martin Sefton & Theodore Turocy, 2013. "Majoritarian Contests with Asymmetric Battlefields: An Experiment," Discussion Papers 2013-12, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
    4. Rafael Hortala-Vallve & Aniol Llorente-Saguer, 2015. "An Experiment on Non-Zero Sum Colonel Blotto Games," Working Papers 779, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance.

  6. Matros, Alexander & Smirnov, Vladimir, 2011. "Treasure game," Working Papers 2011-10, University of Sydney, School of Economics, revised May 2014.

    Cited by:

    1. Matros, Alexander & Ponomareva, Natalia & Smirnov, Vladimir & Wait, Andrew, 2019. "Search without observability," Working Papers 2019-04, University of Sydney, School of Economics.
    2. de Roos, Nicolas & Matros, Alexander & Smirnov, Vladimir & Wait, Andrew, 2018. "Shipwrecks and treasure hunters," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 259-283.
    3. Matros, Alexander & Smirnov, Vladimir, 2016. "Duplicative Search," Working Papers 2016-02, University of Sydney, School of Economics.

  7. John Duffy & Alexander Matros, 2011. "All-Pay Auctions vs. Lotteries as Provisional Fixed-Prize Fundraising Mechanisms," Working Paper 448, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Jul 2013.

    Cited by:

    1. John Duffy & Alexander Matros, 2014. "On the Use of Fines and Lottery Prizes to Increase Voter Turnout," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 34(2), pages 966-975.
    2. Giebe, Thomas & Schweinzer, Paul, 2014. "Consuming your way to efficiency: Public goods provision through non-distortionary tax lotteries," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 1-12.
    3. John Duffy & Alexander Matros, 2012. "On the Use of Fines and Lottery Prizes to Increase Voter Turnout," Working Paper 494, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Oct 2013.
    4. Marco Faravelli & Luca Stanca, 2013. "Economic Incentives and Social Preferences: Causal Evidence of Non-Separability," Working Papers 250, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised Jul 2013.
    5. Christopher Oconnor & Li Zhang & Cary Deck, 2022. "An examination of the effect of inequality on lotteries for funding public goods," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 24(4), pages 733-755, August.

  8. Alexander Matros & Wooyoung Lim & Theodore Turocy, 2009. "Raising Revenue With Raffles: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment," Working Paper 377, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Feb 2009.

    Cited by:

    1. Jehiel, Philippe & Lamy, Laurent, 2014. "On absolute auctions and secret reserve prices," CEPR Discussion Papers 9791, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Sebastian J. Goerg & John Lightle & Dmitry Ryvkin, 2013. "Priming the charitable pump: An experimental investigation of two-stage raffles," Working Papers wp2013_05_01, Department of Economics, Florida State University.
    3. Philippe Jehiel & Laurent Lamy, 2011. "Absolute auctions and secret reserve prices: Why are they used?," Levine's Working Paper Archive 786969000000000316, David K. Levine.

  9. Alexander Matros & Andriy Zapechelnyuk, 2008. "Optimal Fees in Internet Auctions," Discussion Papers 3, Kyiv School of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Alexander Matros & Andriy Zapechelnyuk, 2010. "Optimal Mechanisms for an Auction Mediator," Working Papers 670, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance.
    2. Alexander Matros & Andriy Zapechelnyuk, 2009. "Competing Auction Houses," Discussion Papers 17, Kyiv School of Economics, revised Mar 2010.
    3. Alexander Matros, 2006. "Optimal Mechanisms for an Auction Mediator," Working Paper 202, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Jan 2006.
    4. Loertscher, Simon & Niedermayer, Andras, 2014. "Fee-Setting Mechanisms: On Optimal Pricing by Intermediaries and Indirect Taxation," Working Papers 14-03, University of Mannheim, Department of Economics.
    5. Alexander Matros & Andriy Zapechelnyuk, 2010. "Competition of E-Commerce Intermediaries," Working Papers 675, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance.

  10. John Duffy & Alexander Matros & Ted Temzelides, 2008. "Competitive Behavior in Market Games: Evidence and Theory," Working Paper 366, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Jul 2010.

    Cited by:

    1. Athreya, Kartik B., 2014. "Big Ideas in Macroeconomics: A Nontechnical View," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262019736, December.
    2. Peter Duersch & Jörg Oechssler & Burkhard Schipper, 2012. "Pure strategy equilibria in symmetric two-player zero-sum games," International Journal of Game Theory, Springer;Game Theory Society, vol. 41(3), pages 553-564, August.
    3. Duersch, Peter & Oechssler, Joerg & Schipper, Burkhard C, 2010. "Pure Saddle Points and Symmetric Relative Payoff Games," MPRA Paper 20864, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  11. Alexander Matros, 2007. "A Blotto Game with Incomplete Information," Working Paper 332, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Jul 2009.

    Cited by:

    1. John Duffy & Alexander Matros, 2013. "Stochastic Asymmetric Blotto Games: Theory and Experimental Evidence," Working Paper 509, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Nov 2013.
    2. Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Dan Kovenock & David Rojo Arjona & Nathaniel T. Wilcox, 2016. "Focality and Asymmetry in Multi-battle Contests," Working Papers 16-16, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
    3. Duffy, John & Matros, Alexander, 2017. "Stochastic asymmetric Blotto games: An experimental study," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 88-105.
    4. Dan Kovenock & Brian Roberson, 2010. "A Blotto Game with Multi-Dimensional Incomplete Information," Purdue University Economics Working Papers 1262, Purdue University, Department of Economics.
    5. Stefan Homburg, 2011. "Colonel Blotto und seine ökonomischen Anwendungen," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 12(1), pages 1-11, February.
    6. Todd R. Kaplan & Shmuel Zamir, 2014. "Advances in Auctions," Discussion Paper Series dp662, The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
    7. Sam Ganzfried, 2021. "Algorithm for Computing Approximate Nash Equilibrium in Continuous Games with Application to Continuous Blotto," Games, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-11, June.
    8. Edith Elkind & Abheek Ghosh & Paul W. Goldberg, 2022. "Simultaneous Contests with Equal Sharing Allocation of Prizes: Computational Complexity and Price of Anarchy," Papers 2207.08151, arXiv.org.
    9. Hodler, Roland & Yektaş, Hadi, 2012. "All-pay war," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 74(2), pages 526-540.
    10. Christian Ewerhart & Dan Kovenock, 2019. "A Class of N-player Colonel Blotto games with multidimensional private information," ECON - Working Papers 336, Department of Economics - University of Zurich, revised Feb 2021.
    11. Sam Ganzfried, 2020. "Algorithm for Computing Approximate Nash Equilibrium in Continuous Games with Application to Continuous Blotto," Papers 2006.07443, arXiv.org, revised Jun 2021.
    12. Scott Macdonell & Nick Mastronardi, 2015. "Waging simple wars: a complete characterization of two-battlefield Blotto equilibria," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 58(1), pages 183-216, January.
    13. Nikoofal, Mohammad E. & Zhuang, Jun, 2015. "On the value of exposure and secrecy of defense system: First-mover advantage vs. robustness," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 246(1), pages 320-330.
    14. Kim, Jeongsim & Kim, Bara, 2017. "An asymmetric lottery Blotto game with a possible budget surplus and incomplete information," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 152(C), pages 31-35.

  12. Alexander Matros & Daniel Armanios, 2007. "Tullock," Working Paper 328, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Sep 2008.

    Cited by:

    1. Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Roman M. Sheremeta, 2010. "Multiple Equilibria in Tullock Contests," University of East Anglia Applied and Financial Economics Working Paper Series 014, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
    2. Subhasish Chowdhury & Roman Sheremeta, 2011. "A generalized Tullock contest," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 147(3), pages 413-420, June.

  13. Alexander Matros, 2006. "Elimination Tournaments where Players Have Fixed Resources," Working Paper 205, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Jan 2006.

    Cited by:

    1. Sela, Aner & Megidish, Reut, 2011. "Sequential Contests with Synergy and Budget Constraints," CEPR Discussion Papers 8383, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Jeanine Miklós-Thal & Hannes Ullrich, 2014. "Career Prospects and Effort Incentives: Evidence from Professional Soccer," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1432, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    3. Stracke, Rudi & Höchtl, Wolfgang & Kerschbamer, Rudolf & Sunde, Uwe, 2012. "Optimal Prizes in Dynamic Elimination Contests: An Experimental Analysis," Economics Working Paper Series 1208, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science.
    4. Fu, Qiang & Lu, Jingfeng, 2006. "The optimal multi-stage contest," MPRA Paper 946, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Dmitry Ryvkin, 2011. "Fatigue in Dynamic Tournaments," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 20(4), pages 1011-1041, December.
    6. Hou, Ting & Zhang, Wen, 2021. "Optimal two-stage elimination contests for crowdsourcing," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).
    7. Reut Megidish & Aner Sela, 2014. "Caps In Sequential Contests," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 52(2), pages 608-617, April.
    8. Malin Arve & Olga Chiappinelli, 2021. "The Role of Budget Constraints in Sequential Elimination Tournaments," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 123(4), pages 1059-1087, October.
    9. Alexander Matros & Ernest K.Lai, 2006. "Sequential Contests with Ability Revelation," Working Paper 203, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Apr 2007.
    10. Chiappinelli, Olga, 2014. "An elimination contest with non-sunk bids," MPRA Paper 56140, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    11. Aner Sela & Eyal Erez, 2013. "Dynamic contests with resource constraints," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 41(4), pages 863-882, October.
    12. Sela, Aner & ,, 2010. "Round-Robin Tournaments with Effort Constraints," CEPR Discussion Papers 8021, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    13. Alexander Matros, 2006. "Stochastic K-player Blotto games," Working Paper 206, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Jan 2006.

  14. Alexander Matros, 2006. "Altruistic Versus Rational Behavior in a Public Good Game," Working Paper 309, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Sep 2008.

    Cited by:

    1. Hedlund Jonas, 2012. "Altruism and Local Interaction," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 12(1), pages 1-27, June.

  15. Alexander Matros & John Duffy & Ted Temzelides, 2006. "Competitive Behavior in Market Games: Evidence and Theory," Working Paper 201, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Sep 2008.

    Cited by:

    1. Vasin, A., 2010. "Evolutionary Game Theory and Economics. Part 2. Stability of Equilibria. Special Features of Human Behavior Evolution," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, issue 5, pages 10-27.
    2. Breton, Régis & Gobillard, Bertrand, 2011. "Robustness of equilibrium price dispersion in finite market games," TSE Working Papers 11-308, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
    3. Dmitry Levando, 2012. "A Survey Of Strategic Market Games," Economic Annals, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Belgrade, vol. 57(194), pages 63-106, July - Se.

  16. Alexander Matros & Andriy Zapechelnyuk, 2006. "Optimal Mechanisms for an Auction Mediator," Levine's Bibliography 321307000000000113, UCLA Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Simon Loertscher & Andras Niedermayer, 2008. "Fee Setting Intermediaries: On Real Estate Agents, Stock Brokers, and Auction Houses," Discussion Papers 1472, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.
    2. Wataru Tamura, 2013. "Auction Platform Design and the Linkage Principle," CARF F-Series CARF-F-330, Center for Advanced Research in Finance, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo.
    3. Wataru Tamura, 2016. "Auction Platform Design and the Linkage Principle," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 64(2), pages 201-225, June.

  17. Alexander Matros, 2006. "Stochastic K-player Blotto games," Working Paper 206, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Jan 2006.

    Cited by:

    1. Konrad, Kai A., 2007. "Strategy in contests: an introduction [Strategie in Turnieren – eine Einführung]," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance SP II 2007-01, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    2. Maria Montero & Alex Possajennikov & Martin Sefton & Theodore Turocy, 2013. "Majoritarian Contests with Asymmetric Battlefields: An Experiment," Discussion Papers 2013-12, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.

  18. Alexander Matros, 2006. "Optimal Mechanisms for an Auction Mediator," Working Paper 202, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Jan 2006.

    Cited by:

    1. Simon Loertscher & Andras Niedermayer, 2008. "Fee Setting Intermediaries: On Real Estate Agents, Stock Brokers, and Auction Houses," Discussion Papers 1472, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.

  19. Alexander Matros & Ernest K.Lai, 2006. "Sequential Contests with Ability Revelation," Working Paper 203, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Apr 2007.

    Cited by:

    1. Ghazala Azmat & Nagore Iriberri, 2012. "The Provision of Relative Performance Feedback Information: An Experimental Analysis of Performance and Happiness," CEP Discussion Papers dp1116, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    2. Azmat, Ghazala & Iriberri, Nagore, 2009. "The importance of relative performance feedback information: evidence from a natural experiment using high school students," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 28520, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Jean-François Mercier, 2018. "Selecting contestants for a rent-seeking contest," International Journal of Game Theory, Springer;Game Theory Society, vol. 47(3), pages 927-947, September.
    4. Chiappinelli, Olga, 2014. "An elimination contest with non-sunk bids," MPRA Paper 56140, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Anastasia Antsygina & Mariya Teteryatnikova, 2023. "Optimal information disclosure in contests with stochastic prize valuations," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 75(3), pages 743-780, April.
    6. Dmitry Ryvkin & Andreas Ortmann, 2008. "The Predictive Power of Three Prominent Tournament Formats," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 54(3), pages 492-504, March.
    7. Alexander Matros, 2006. "Elimination Tournaments where Players Have Fixed Resources," Working Paper 205, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Jan 2006.

  20. Alexander Matros, 2006. "Sad-Loser Lottery," Working Paper 204, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Dec 2008.

    Cited by:

    1. Chowdhury, Subhasish M. & Sheremeta, Roman M., 2011. "Multiple equilibria in Tullock contests," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 112(2), pages 216-219, August.

  21. Alexander Matros, 2004. "Players with Fixed Resources in Elimination Tournaments," Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings 295, Econometric Society.

    Cited by:

    1. Konrad, Kai A., 2007. "Strategy in contests: an introduction [Strategie in Turnieren – eine Einführung]," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Processes and Governance SP II 2007-01, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.

  22. Alexander Matros & Ted Temzelides, 2004. "Evolution and Walrasian Behavior in Market Games," Game Theory and Information 0409009, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Régis Breton & Bertrand Gobillard, 2006. "Robustness of equilibrium price dispersion in finite market games," Working Papers hal-04138854, HAL.
    2. Régis Breton & Bertrand Gobillard, 2006. "Robustness of equilibrium price dispersion in finite market games," EconomiX Working Papers 2006-10, University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX.
    3. Danilov, Yury (Данилов, Юрий), 2017. "Strategic Planning of Financial Market Development in the Russian Federation [Стратегическое Планирование Развития Финансового Рынка Российской Федерации]," Working Papers 051701, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

  23. Josephson, Jens & Matros, Alexander, 2000. "Stochastic Imitation in Finite Games," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 363, Stockholm School of Economics, revised 27 Nov 2002.

    Cited by:

    1. Pascal Billand & Christophe Bravard, 2006. "Les modèles de comportements adaptatifs appliqués à l'oligopole de Cournot," Post-Print ujm-00121658, HAL.
    2. Matthey, Astrid, 2010. "Imitation with intention and memory: An experiment," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 39(5), pages 585-594, October.
    3. Jacques Durieu & Hans Haller & Nicolas Querou & Philippe Solal, 2007. "Ordinal Games," CER-ETH Economics working paper series 07/74, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich.
    4. Rene Saran & Roberto Serrano, 2012. "Regret Matching with Finite Memory," Dynamic Games and Applications, Springer, vol. 2(1), pages 160-175, March.
    5. Jacques Durieu & Philippe Solal, 2012. "Models of Adaptive Learning in Game Theory," Chapters, in: Richard Arena & Agnès Festré & Nathalie Lazaric (ed.), Handbook of Knowledge and Economics, chapter 11, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    6. Khan, Abhimanyu, 2018. "Games between responsive behavioural rules," MPRA Paper 90429, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    7. Napel, Stefan, 2003. "Aspiration adaptation in the ultimatum minigame," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 43(1), pages 86-106, April.
    8. Tsakas, Nikolas, 2012. "Naive learning in social networks: Imitating the most successful neighbor," MPRA Paper 37796, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Carlos Alós-Ferrer & Nick Netzer, 2015. "Robust stochastic stability," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 58(1), pages 31-57, January.
    10. Josephson, Jens, 2009. "Stochastic adaptation in finite games played by heterogeneous populations," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 33(8), pages 1543-1554, August.
    11. Alexander Matros, 2006. "Location, Information and Coordination," Working Paper 307, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised May 2007.
    12. Ana B. Ania, 2005. "Evolutionary stability and Nash equilibrium in finite populations, with an application to price competition," Vienna Economics Papers vie0601, University of Vienna, Department of Economics.
    13. James Bergin & Dan Bernhardt, 2006. "Cooperation Through Imitation," Working Paper 1042, Economics Department, Queen's University.
    14. Abhimanyu Khan, 2021. "Evolution of conventions in games between behavioural rules," Economic Theory Bulletin, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 9(2), pages 209-224, October.

  24. Matros, Alexander, 2000. "Clever agents in adaptive learning," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 403, Stockholm School of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Nax, Heinrich Harald & Newton, Jonathan, 2022. "Deep and shallow thinking in the long run," Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 17(4), November.
    2. Andriy Zapechelnyuk, 2009. "Limit Behavior of No-regret Dynamics," Discussion Papers 21, Kyiv School of Economics.
    3. Abhimanyu Khan & Ronald Peeters, 2014. "Cognitive hierarchies in adaptive play," International Journal of Game Theory, Springer;Game Theory Society, vol. 43(4), pages 903-924, November.
    4. Matros, Alexander, 2012. "Altruistic versus egoistic behavior in a Public Good game," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 36(4), pages 642-656.
    5. Josephson, Jens, 2009. "Stochastic adaptation in finite games played by heterogeneous populations," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 33(8), pages 1543-1554, August.
    6. Takako Fujiwara-Greve & Carsten Krabbe Nielsen, 2021. "Algorithms may not learn to play a unique Nash equilibrium," Journal of Computational Social Science, Springer, vol. 4(2), pages 839-850, November.
    7. Abhimanyu Khan, 2021. "Evolution of conventions in games between behavioural rules," Economic Theory Bulletin, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 9(2), pages 209-224, October.
    8. Khan, Abhimanyu, 2021. "Evolutionary stability of behavioural rules in bargaining," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 187(C), pages 399-414.
    9. Alexander Matros, 2006. "Altruistic Versus Rational Behavior in a Public Good Game," Working Paper 309, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Sep 2008.

Articles

  1. Alexander Matros & Vladimir Smirnov & Andrew Wait, 2024. "Sunk costs, entry and clustering," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 77(3), pages 747-782, May.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Alexander Matros & David Rietzke, 2024. "Contests on networks," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 78(3), pages 815-841, November.

    Cited by:

    1. Stergios Skaperdas & Samarth Vaidya, 2025. "Investing in influence: how minority interests can prevail in a democracy," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 79(4), pages 1191-1224, June.
    2. Sebastian Cortes-Corrales & Paul M. Gorny, 2025. "How strength asymmetries shape multi-sided conflicts," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 79(1), pages 235-274, February.

  3. Bilen, Eren & Matros, Alexander, 2023. "The Queen's Gambit: Explaining the superstar effect using evidence from chess," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 215(C), pages 307-324.

    Cited by:

    1. Elias Bouacida & Renaud Foucart & Maya Jalloul, 2024. "Decreasing Differences in Expert Advice," Working Papers 408394204, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department.
    2. Bouacida, Elias & Foucart, Renaud & Jalloul, Maya, 2025. "When expert advice fails to reduce the productivity gap: Experimental evidence from chess players," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 236(C).
    3. Alperen Kocsoy, 2024. "Captains vs. All-Stars: Who makes better leaders?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(11), pages 1-16, November.

  4. Bilen, Eren & Matros, Alexander, 2021. "Online cheating amid COVID-19," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 182(C), pages 196-211.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  5. Duffy, John & Matros, Alexander, 2021. "All-pay auctions versus lotteries as provisional fixed-prize fundraising mechanisms: Theory and evidence," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 192(C), pages 434-464.

    Cited by:

    1. Emmanuel Dechenaux & Shakun D. Mago, 2023. "Contests with revisions," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 26(4), pages 915-954, September.
    2. Carpenter, Jeffrey & Foster, Joshua & Matthews, Peter Hans, 2025. "Auctions for risk-averse non-profits," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 249(C).

  6. de Roos, Nicolas & Matros, Alexander & Smirnov, Vladimir & Wait, Andrew, 2018. "Shipwrecks and treasure hunters," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 259-283.

    Cited by:

    1. Bavly, Gilad & Heller, Yuval & Schreiber, Amnon, 2020. "Social Welfare in Search Games with Asymmetric Information," MPRA Paper 98838, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Matros, Alexander & Ponomareva, Natalia & Smirnov, Vladimir & Wait, Andrew, 2019. "Search without observability," Working Papers 2019-04, University of Sydney, School of Economics.
    3. Matros, Alexander & Ponomareva, Natalia & Smirnov, Vladimir & Wait, Andrew, 2022. "Search without looking," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).

  7. Matros, Alexander, 2018. "Lloyd Shapley and chess with imperfect information," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 600-613.

    Cited by:

    1. Liu, Jia-Cai & Sheu, Jiuh-Biing & Li, Deng-Feng & Dai, Yong-Wu, 2021. "Collaborative profit allocation schemes for logistics enterprise coalitions with incomplete information," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    2. Jose De Sousa & Benoit Schmutz, 2022. "Peer Competition: Evidence from 5- to 95-Year-olds," Working Papers 2022-04, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics.

  8. Duffy, John & Matros, Alexander, 2017. "Stochastic asymmetric Blotto games: An experimental study," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 88-105.

    Cited by:

    1. Maria Montero & Alex Possajennikov & Martin Sefton & Theodore Turocy, 2016. "Majoritarian Blotto contests with asymmetric battlefields: an experiment on apex games," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 61(1), pages 55-89, January.
    2. Nejat Anbarc{i} & Kutay Cingiz & Mehmet S. Ismail, 2020. "Proportional resource allocation in dynamic n-player Blotto games," Papers 2010.05087, arXiv.org, revised Jul 2022.
    3. Doğan, Serhat & Karagözoğlu, Emin & Keskin, Kerim & Sağlam, Çağrı, 2018. "Multi-player race," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 149(C), pages 123-136.
    4. Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Dan Kovenock & David Rojo Arjona & Nathaniel T. Wilcox, 2016. "Focality and Asymmetry in Multi-battle Contests," Working Papers 16-16, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
    5. Kovenock, Dan & Roberson, Brian & Sheremeta, Roman, 2018. "The attack and defense of weakest-link networks," MPRA Paper 89292, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Ronald Peeters & Leonard Wolk, 2019. "Elicitation of expectations using Colonel Blotto," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 22(1), pages 268-288, March.
    7. Sebasti'an Morales & Charles Thraves, 2020. "On the Resource Allocation for Political Campaigns," Papers 2012.02856, arXiv.org.
    8. Maria Montero & Alex Possajennikov & Martin Sefton & Theodore Turocy, 2013. "Majoritarian Contests with Asymmetric Battlefields: An Experiment," Discussion Papers 2013-12, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
    9. Anbarci, Nejat & Cingiz, Kutay & Ismail, Mehmet S., 2023. "Proportional resource allocation in dynamic n-player Blotto games," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 94-100.
    10. Rafael Hortala-Vallve & Aniol Llorente-Saguer, 2015. "An Experiment on Non-Zero Sum Colonel Blotto Games," Working Papers 779, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance.
    11. Sebastián Morales & Charles Thraves, 2021. "On the Resource Allocation for Political Campaigns," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 30(11), pages 4140-4159, November.

  9. Matros, Alexander & Possajennikov, Alex, 2016. "Tullock contests may be revenue superior to auctions in a symmetric setting," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 74-77.

    Cited by:

    1. Jörg Franke & Wolfgang Leininger & Cédric Wasser, 2016. "Optimal Favoritism in All-Pay Auctions and Lottery Contests," CESifo Working Paper Series 6274, CESifo.
    2. Kawamori, Tomohiko, 2023. "Complete-rent-dissipation contest design," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 232(C).
    3. Rabah Amir & Igor V. Evstigneev & Valeriya Potapova, 2024. "Unbeatable strategies," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 77(4), pages 891-920, June.
    4. Alcalde, José & Dahm, Matthias, 2019. "Dual sourcing with price discovery," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 225-246.
    5. Tomohiko Kawamori, 2020. "Extractive contest design," Papers 2006.01808, arXiv.org, revised Jul 2022.

  10. Matros, Alexander & Smirnov, Vladimir, 2016. "Duplicative search," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 1-22.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  11. Duffy, John & Matros, Alexander, 2015. "Stochastic asymmetric Blotto games: Some new results," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 134(C), pages 4-8.

    Cited by:

    1. Maria Montero & Alex Possajennikov & Martin Sefton & Theodore Turocy, 2016. "Majoritarian Blotto contests with asymmetric battlefields: an experiment on apex games," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 61(1), pages 55-89, January.
    2. David Iliaev & Sigal Oren & Ella Segev, 2023. "A Tullock-contest-based approach for cyber security investments," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 320(1), pages 61-84, January.
    3. Nejat Anbarc{i} & Kutay Cingiz & Mehmet S. Ismail, 2020. "Proportional resource allocation in dynamic n-player Blotto games," Papers 2010.05087, arXiv.org, revised Jul 2022.
    4. Shakun D. Mago & Roman M. Sheremeta, 2019. "New Hampshire Effect: behavior in sequential and simultaneous multi-battle contests," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 22(2), pages 325-349, June.
    5. Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Dan Kovenock & David Rojo Arjona & Nathaniel T. Wilcox, 2016. "Focality and Asymmetry in Multi-battle Contests," Working Papers 16-16, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
    6. Duffy, John & Matros, Alexander, 2017. "Stochastic asymmetric Blotto games: An experimental study," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 88-105.
    7. Li, Xinmi & Zheng, Jie, 2022. "Pure strategy Nash Equilibrium in 2-contestant generalized lottery Colonel Blotto games," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    8. Sebasti'an Morales & Charles Thraves, 2020. "On the Resource Allocation for Political Campaigns," Papers 2012.02856, arXiv.org.
    9. Daniel Stephenson, 2025. "Multi-battle contests over complementary battlefields," Review of Economic Design, Springer;Society for Economic Design, vol. 29(3), pages 659-674, September.
    10. Caroline Thomas, 2018. "N-dimensional Blotto game with heterogeneous battlefield values," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 65(3), pages 509-544, May.
    11. Mago, Shakun & Sheremeta, Roman, 2016. "Multi-Battle Contests: An Experimental Study," MPRA Paper 74524, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    12. Maria Montero & Alex Possajennikov & Martin Sefton & Theodore Turocy, 2013. "Majoritarian Contests with Asymmetric Battlefields: An Experiment," Discussion Papers 2013-12, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
    13. Jonathan R. Cervas & Bernard Grofman, 2017. "Why noncompetitive states are so important for understanding the outcomes of competitive elections: the Electoral College 1868–2016," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 173(3), pages 251-265, December.
    14. Anbarci, Nejat & Cingiz, Kutay & Ismail, Mehmet S., 2023. "Proportional resource allocation in dynamic n-player Blotto games," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 94-100.
    15. Anbarci, Nejat & Cingiz, Kutay & Ismail, Mehmet, 2018. "Multi-Battle n-Player Dynamic Contests," Research Memorandum 003, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE).
    16. Kim, Jeongsim & Kim, Bara, 2017. "An asymmetric lottery Blotto game with a possible budget surplus and incomplete information," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 152(C), pages 31-35.
    17. Irit Nowik & Tahl Nowik, 2017. "Games with Costly Winnings," International Game Theory Review (IGTR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 19(04), pages 1-9, December.
    18. Kim, Geofferey Jiyun & Kim, Jerim & Kim, Bara, 2018. "A lottery Blotto game with heterogeneous items of asymmetric valuations," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 173(C), pages 1-5.
    19. Sebastián Morales & Charles Thraves, 2021. "On the Resource Allocation for Political Campaigns," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 30(11), pages 4140-4159, November.

  12. Lim, Wooyoung & Matros, Alexander & Turocy, Theodore L., 2014. "Bounded rationality and group size in Tullock contests: Experimental evidence," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 155-167.

    Cited by:

    1. Kyung Hwan Baik & Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Abhijit Ramalingam, 2021. "Group Size and Matching Protocol in Contests," GRU Working Paper Series GRU_2021_020, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics and Finance, Global Research Unit.
    2. Paan Jindapon & Christopher Whaley, 2015. "Risk lovers and the rent over-investment puzzle," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 164(1), pages 87-101, July.
    3. David Kelsey & Tigran Melkonyan, 2018. "Contests with ambiguity," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 70(4), pages 1148-1169.
    4. Alex Armand & Alexander Coutts & Pedro C. Vicente & Ines Vilela, 2021. "Measuring corruption in the field using behavioral games," NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series wp2112, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA.
    5. Francesco Fallucchi & Jan Niederreiter & Massimo Riccaboni, 2021. "Learning and dropout in contests: an experimental approach," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 90(2), pages 245-278, March.
    6. Changxia Ke & Kai A. Konrad & Florian Morath, 2012. "Alliances in the Shadow of Conflict," CESifo Working Paper Series 4056, CESifo.
    7. Masiliūnas, Aidas & Nax, Heinrich H., 2020. "Framing and repeated competition," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 604-619.
    8. Ralph-C Bayer, 2015. "Cooperation and Distributive Conflict," School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers 2015-04, University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy.
    9. Francesco Fallucchi & Enrique Fatas & Felix Kölle & Ori Weisel, 2021. "Not all group members are created equal: heterogeneous abilities in inter-group contests," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 24(2), pages 669-697, June.
    10. Fallucchi, Francesco & Ramalingam, Abhijit & Rockenbach, Bettina & Waligora, Marcin, 2021. "Inequality and competitive effort: The roles of asymmetric resources, opportunity and outcomes," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 185(C), pages 81-96.
    11. Emmanuel Dechenaux & Dan Kovenock & Roman Sheremeta, 2015. "A survey of experimental research on contests, all-pay auctions and tournaments," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 18(4), pages 609-669, December.
    12. Hoffmann, Magnus & Kolmar, Martin, 2017. "Distributional preferences in probabilistic and share contests," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 120-139.
    13. Aniol Llorente-Saguer & Roman M. Sheremeta & Nora Szech, 2016. "Designing Contests Between Heterogeneous Contestants: An Experimental Study of Tie-Breaks and Bid-Caps in All-Pay Auctions," Working Papers 796, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance.
    14. Malin Arve & Marco Serena, 2016. "Level-k Models Rationalize Overspending in Contests," Working Papers tax-mpg-rps-2018-09, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance.
    15. Roman M. Sheremeta, 2016. "The Pros and Cons of Workplace Tournaments," Working Papers 16-27, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
    16. Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Roman M. Sheremeta & Theodore L. Turocy, 2012. "Overdissipation and Convergence in Rent-seeking Experiments: Cost structure and prize allocation rules," Working Papers 12-13, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
    17. Francesco Fallucchi & Andrea Mercatanti & Jan Niederreiter, 2021. "Identifying types in contest experiments," International Journal of Game Theory, Springer;Game Theory Society, vol. 50(1), pages 39-61, March.
    18. Hubert János Kiss & Alfonso Rosa-Garcia & Vita Zhukova, 2023. "Group contest in a coopetitive setup: experimental evidence," Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Springer;Society for Economic Science with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, vol. 18(3), pages 463-490, July.
    19. Roman Sheremeta, 2018. "Experimental Research on Contests," Working Papers 18-07, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
    20. Sheremeta, Roman, 2013. "Overbidding and Heterogeneous Behavior in Contest Experiments," MPRA Paper 44124, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    21. Francesco Fallucchi & Elke Renner & Martin Sefton, 2013. "Information feedback and contest structure in rent-seeking games," Discussion Papers 2013-02, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
    22. Sheremeta, Roman, 2014. "Behavioral Dimensions of Contests," MPRA Paper 57751, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    23. Deck, Cary & Howe, E. Lance & Reimer, Matthew & Alevy, Jonathan & Borash, Kyle, 2021. "Contests for shares of an uncertain resource," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    24. Keskin, Kerim, 2018. "Cumulative prospect theory preferences in rent-seeking contests," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 85-91.
    25. Ispano, Alessandro & Schwardmann, Peter, 2016. "Cooperating over losses and competing over gains: a social dilemma experiment," Discussion Papers in Economics 27576, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
    26. Erik O. Kimbrough & Roman M. Sheremeta & Timothy W. Shields, 2013. "When Parity Promotes Peace: Resolving Conflict Between Asymmetric Agents," Working Papers 13-33, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
    27. Kolmar, Martin, 2013. "Group Conflicts. Where do we stand?," Economics Working Paper Series 1331, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science.
    28. Sheremeta, Roman, 2014. "Behavior in Contests," MPRA Paper 57451, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    29. Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Anwesha Mukherjee & Theodore L. Turocy, 2025. "And the first runner-up is...: comparing winner selection procedures in multi-winner Tullock contests," Review of Economic Design, Springer;Society for Economic Design, vol. 29(3), pages 447-477, September.
    30. Brañas-Garza, Pablo & Chowdhury, Subhasish & Espín, Antonio M. & Nieboer, Jeroen, 2019. "‘Born this Way’? Prenatal Exposure to Testosterone May Determine Behavior in Competition and Conflict," MPRA Paper 92663, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    31. Daniel Houser & Jian Song, 2021. "Asymmetric Shocks in Contests: Theory and Experiment," Working Papers 1081, George Mason University, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science.
    32. Shupp, Robert & Sheremeta, Roman M. & Schmidt, David & Walker, James, 2013. "Resource allocation contests: Experimental evidence," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 39(C), pages 257-267.
    33. David Bruner & Caleb Cox & David M. McEvoy & Brock Stoddard, 2022. "Strategic thinking in contests," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 25(3), pages 942-973, June.
    34. Ronald Peeters & Fan Rao & Leonard Wolk, 2022. "Small group forecasting using proportional-prize contests," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 92(2), pages 293-317, March.
    35. Bedard, Kelly & Fischer, Stefanie, 2019. "Does the response to competition depend on perceived ability? Evidence from a classroom experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 146-166.
    36. Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Anwesha Mukherjee & Theodore L. Turocy, 2021. "And the first runner-up is...: Sequential versus simultaneous winner revelation in multi-winner discriminated Tullock contests," Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS) 21-01, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
    37. Dutcher, E. Glenn & Balafoutas, Loukas & Lindner, Florian & Ryvkin, Dmitry & Sutter, Matthias, 2015. "Strive to be First or Avoid Being Last: An Experiment on Relative Performance Incentives," IZA Discussion Papers 9330, IZA Network @ LISER.
    38. Roman M. Sheremeta, 2015. "Behavior in Group Contests: A Review of Experimental Research," Working Papers 15-21, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
    39. Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Roman M. Sheremeta & Theodore L. Turocy, 2014. "Overbidding and overspreading in rent-seeking experiments: Cost structure and prize allocation rules," Working Papers 14-08, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
    40. Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Anwesha Mukherjee & Theodore L. Turocy, 2020. "That’s the ticket: explicit lottery randomisation and learning in Tullock contests," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 88(3), pages 405-429, April.
    41. Luke Boosey & Philip Brookins & Dmitry Ryvkin, 2016. "Contests with group size uncertainty: Experimental evidence," Working Papers wp2016_07_01, Department of Economics, Florida State University.
    42. John Morgan & Henrik Orzen & Martin Sefton & Dana Sisak, 2016. "Strategic and Natural Risk in Entrepreneurship: An Experimental Study," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(2), pages 420-454, April.
    43. Roman M. Sheremeta, 2016. "Impulsive Behavior in Competition: Testing Theories of Overbidding in Rent-Seeking Contests," Working Papers 16-21, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
    44. Philip Brookins & Dmitry Ryvkin, 2014. "An experimental study of bidding in contests of incomplete information," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 17(2), pages 245-261, June.
    45. Emmanuel Dechenaux & Shakun D. Mago, 2023. "Contests with revisions," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 26(4), pages 915-954, September.
    46. Andreoni, James & Brownback, Andy, 2017. "All pay auctions and group size: Grading on a curve and other applications," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 137(C), pages 361-373.
    47. Luke A. Boosey & Christopher Brown, 2021. "Contests with Network Externalities: Theory & Evidence," Working Papers wp2021_07_02, Department of Economics, Florida State University.
    48. Nelson, Arthur B, 2020. "Deterrence in sequential contests: An experimental study," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    49. Malin Arve & Marco Serena, 2022. "Level- k Models and Overspending in Contests," Games, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-12, June.
    50. Hubert J. Kiss & Alfonso Rosa-Garcia & Vita Zhukova, 2019. "Coopetition in group contest," CERS-IE WORKING PAPERS 1911, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.
    51. Minnie H. C. She & Richard Ronay & Deanne N. den Hartog, 2025. "The Sociable and the Deviant: A Latent Profile Analysis of HEXACO and the Dark Triad," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 199(3), pages 529-547, July.
    52. Nobuyuki Hanaki & Aidas Masiliunas, 2021. "Market Concentration and Incentives to Collude in Cournot Oligopoly Experiments," ISER Discussion Paper 1131, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka.
    53. John Duffy & Alexander Matros & Zehra Valencia, 2023. "Contests with entry fees: theory and evidence," Review of Economic Design, Springer;Society for Economic Design, vol. 27(4), pages 725-761, December.
    54. Arthur B. Nelson, 2019. "Deterrence in sequential contests: An experimental study," Working Papers wp2019_11_02, Department of Economics, Florida State University.
    55. Chao, Hong & Ho, Chun-Yu & Huang, Shaoqing & Qin, Xiangdong & Cong, Jiajia, 2019. "Partners or rivals? An experimental study of a two-stage tournament," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 158(C), pages 288-310.
    56. (Charlie) Chen, Zhuoqiong & Ong, David & Sheremeta, Roman, 2022. "Competition between and within universities: Theoretical and experimental investigation of group identity and the desire to win," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    57. Sara Godoy & Miguel Meléndez-Jiménez & Antonio Morales, 2015. "No fight, no loss: underinvestment in experimental contest games," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 53-72, February.
    58. Jindapon, Paan & Yang, Zhe, 2017. "Risk attitudes and heterogeneity in simultaneous and sequential contests," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 138(C), pages 69-84.
    59. Chowdhury, Subhasish M. & Marini, Matteo M., 2024. "Overbidding and heterogeneous behavior in contest experiments:A meta-comment on cross-cultural differences," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 110(C).

  13. John Duffy & Alexander Matros, 2014. "On the Use of Fines and Lottery Prizes to Increase Voter Turnout," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 34(2), pages 966-975.

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    1. Duk Gyoo Kim, 2025. "Good-Citizen Lottery," Working papers 2025rwp-239, Yonsei University, Yonsei Economics Research Institute.
    2. Fatas, Enrique & Nosenzo, Daniele & Sefton, Martin & Zizzo, Daniel John, 2021. "A self-funding reward mechanism for tax compliance," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    3. Duk Gyoo Kim, 2023. "Penalty lottery," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 125(4), pages 997-1026, October.

  14. Matros, Alexander, 2012. "Altruistic versus egoistic behavior in a Public Good game," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 36(4), pages 642-656.

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    1. Herings, P.J.J. & Peeters, Ronald & Tenev, Anastas P., 2023. "Directed Reciprocity Subverts Altruism in Highly Adaptive Populations," Discussion Paper 2023-014, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
    2. Herings, P. Jean-Jacques & Peeters, Ronald & Tenev, Anastas P. & Thuijsman, Frank, 2021. "Naïve imitation and partial cooperation in a local public goods model," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 191(C), pages 162-185.
    3. Chakraborti, Rik & Maloney, Matt & Roberts, Gavin & Shogren, Jason F., 2018. "Social capital and the voluntary provision of public goods," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 196-208.
    4. Ladley, Daniel & Wilkinson, Ian & Young, Louise, 2015. "The impact of individual versus group rewards on work group performance and cooperation: A computational social science approach," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 68(11), pages 2412-2425.
    5. Aaron D. Wood & Charles F. Mason & David Finnoff, 2025. "The development of OPEC: an evolutionary game theory and agent-based modeling approach," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 5(7), pages 1-18, July.
    6. Daniel Ladley & Ian Wilkinson & Louise Young, 2013. "The Evolution Of Cooperation In Business: Individual Vs. Group Incentives," Discussion Papers in Economics 13/14, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester.
    7. Jonas Hedlund, 2015. "Imitation in Cournot oligopolies with multiple markets," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 60(3), pages 567-587, November.

  15. Matros, Alexander, 2012. "Sad-Loser contests," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(3), pages 155-162.

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    1. Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Roman M. Sheremeta, 2010. "Multiple Equilibria in Tullock Contests," University of East Anglia Applied and Financial Economics Working Paper Series 014, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
    2. Sela, Aner & Minchuk, Yizhaq, 2017. "Contests with Insurance," CEPR Discussion Papers 12456, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Alexander Matros & Daniel Armanios, 2007. "Tullock," Working Paper 328, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Sep 2008.
    4. Minchuk, Yizhaq, 2018. "Effect of reimbursement on all-pay auction," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 172(C), pages 28-30.
    5. Liu, Yong & Liu, Shulin, 2019. "Effects of risk aversion on all-pay auction with reimbursement," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 185(C).
    6. Subhashish Modak Chowdhury & Roman M. Sheremeta, 2009. "A generalized Tullock contest and the existence of multiple equilibria," Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science (CBESS) 09-08, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..

  16. Duffy, John & Matros, Alexander & Temzelides, Ted, 2011. "Competitive behavior in market games: Evidence and theory," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 146(4), pages 1437-1463, July.

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    2. Antoine Mandel & Herbert Gintis, 2016. "Decentralized Pricing and the equivalence between Nash and Walrasian equilibrium," Post-Print halshs-01296646, HAL.
    3. Gagnie Pascal Yebarth, 2025. "On Taxation Policy in Strategic Bilateral Exchange: A review," EconomiX Working Papers 2025-34, University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX.
    4. Cardozo, Marcos & Rosokha, Yaroslav & Zhang, Cathy, 2024. "On the emergence of international currencies: An experimental approach," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 228(C).
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    2. Berardi, Nicoletta & Seabright, Paul, 2011. "Professional Network and Career Coevolution," IDEI Working Papers 688, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse.
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    4. Soiliou Namoro, 2008. "The Impact of Organizer Market Structure on Participant Entry Behavior in a Multi-Tournament Environment," Working Paper 373, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, revised Nov 2008.
    5. Timothy Mathews & Soiliou Namoro, 2008. "Participation incentives in rank order tournaments with endogenous entry," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 95(1), pages 1-23, October.

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