Predicting the distribution of contest success under the illusion of proportionality
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- March, Christoph & Sahm, Marco, 2017.
"Asymmetric discouragement in asymmetric contests,"
Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 23-27.
- Christoph March & Marco Sahm, 2016. "Asymmetric Discouragement in Asymmetric Contests," CESifo Working Paper Series 6108, CESifo.
- March, Christoph & Sahm, Marco, 2016. "Asymmetric discouragement in asymmetric contests," BERG Working Paper Series 117, Bamberg University, Bamberg Economic Research Group.
- Konrad, Kai A., 2009. "Strategy and Dynamics in Contests," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199549603, Decembrie.
- Ignacio Palacios-Huerta, 2014. "Beautiful Game Theory: How Soccer Can Help Economics," Economics Books, Princeton University Press, edition 1, number 10260.
- Alexander Shapiro & Jos Berge, 2002. "Statistical inference of minimum rank factor analysis," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 67(1), pages 79-94, March.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Patricia Esteve‐González & Anwesha Mukherjee, 2023.
"Heterogeneity, leveling the playing field, and affirmative action in contests,"
Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 89(3), pages 924-974, January.
- Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Patricia Esteve-González & Anwesha Mukherjee, 2020. "Heterogeneity, Leveling the Playing Field, and Affirmative Action in Contests," Economics Series Working Papers 915, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
- Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Patricia Esteve-Gonzalez & Anwesha Mukherjee, 2020. "Heterogeneity, Leveling the Playing Field, and Affirmative Action in Contests," Munich Papers in Political Economy 06, Munich School of Politics and Public Policy and the School of Management at the Technical University of Munich.
- Subhasish Chowdhury & Oliver Gürtler, 2015.
"Sabotage in contests: a survey,"
Public Choice, Springer, vol. 164(1), pages 135-155, July.
- Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Oliver Gurtler, 2013. "Sabotage in Contests: A Survey," University of East Anglia Applied and Financial Economics Working Paper Series 051, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
- March, Christoph & Sahm, Marco, 2018.
"Contests as selection mechanisms: The impact of risk aversion,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 114-131.
- March, Christoph & Sahm, Marco, 2017. "Contests as selection mechanisms: The impact of risk aversion," BERG Working Paper Series 127, Bamberg University, Bamberg Economic Research Group.
- Christoph March & Marco Sahm, 2017. "Contests as Selection Mechanisms: The Impact of Risk Aversion," CESifo Working Paper Series 6587, CESifo.
- March, Christoph & Sahm, Marco, 2017.
"Asymmetric discouragement in asymmetric contests,"
Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 23-27.
- March, Christoph & Sahm, Marco, 2016. "Asymmetric discouragement in asymmetric contests," BERG Working Paper Series 117, Bamberg University, Bamberg Economic Research Group.
- Christoph March & Marco Sahm, 2016. "Asymmetric Discouragement in Asymmetric Contests," CESifo Working Paper Series 6108, CESifo.
- Christian Deutscher & Marco Sahm & Sandra Schneemann & Hendrik Sonnabend, 2022.
"Strategic investment decisions in multi-stage contests with heterogeneous players,"
Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 93(2), pages 281-317, September.
- Christian Deutscher & Marco Sahm & Sandra Schneemann & Hendrik Sonnabend, 2019. "Strategic Investment Decisions in Multi-stage Contests with Heterogeneous Players," CESifo Working Paper Series 7474, CESifo.
- Sahm, Marco, 2017. "Are sequential round-robin tournaments discriminatory?," BERG Working Paper Series 121, Bamberg University, Bamberg Economic Research Group.
- Mueller-Langer Frank & Andreoli-Versbach Patrick, 2017.
"Leading-Effect, Risk-Taking and Sabotage in Two-Stage Tournaments: Evidence from a Natural Experiment,"
Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 237(1), pages 1-28, February.
- Müller-Langer, Frank & Andreoli-Versbach, Patrick, 2017. "Leading-Effect, Risk-Taking and Sabotage in Two-Stage Tournaments: Evidence from a Natural Experiment," Munich Reprints in Economics 55040, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
- Morgulev, Elia, 2023. "Streakiness is not a theory: On “momentums” (hot hands) and their underlying mechanisms," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
- Braun Felia & Sonnabend Hendrik, 2024. "When Colleagues Come to See Each Other as Rivals: Does Internal Competition Affect Workplace Performance?," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 244(5-6), pages 475-494.
- Hendrik Sonnabend, 2020. "On discouraging environments in team contests: Evidence from top‐level beach volleyball," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 41(6), pages 986-997, September.
- Hinnosaar, Toomas, 2024.
"Optimal sequential contests,"
Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 19(1), January.
- Hinnosaar, Toomas, 2021. "Optimal Sequential Contests," CEPR Discussion Papers 15855, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Carsten Hefeker & Sebastian G. Kessing, 2017.
"Competition for natural resources and the hold-up problem,"
Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 50(3), pages 871-888, August.
- Carsten Hefeker & Sebastian G. Kessing, 2017. "Competition for natural resources and the hold‐up problem," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 50(3), pages 871-888, August.
- Kessing, Sebastian & Hefeker, Carsten, 2014. "Competition for Natural Resources and the Hold-Up Problem," VfS Annual Conference 2014 (Hamburg): Evidence-based Economic Policy 100361, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
- Carsten Hefeker & Sebastian Kessing, 2016. "Competition for Natural Resources and the Hold-Up Problem," CESifo Working Paper Series 6120, CESifo.
- Andonie, Costel & Kuzmics, Christoph & Rogers, Brian W., 2019.
"Efficiency-based measures of inequality,"
Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 60-69.
- Andonie, Costel & Kuzmics, Christoph & Rogers, Brian W., 2016. "Efficiency based measures of inequality," Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers 512, Center for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University.
- Stefano Barbieri & Marco Serena, 2020. "Fair Representation in Primaries: Heterogeneity and the New Hampshire Effect," Working Papers tax-mpg-rps-2020-07, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance.
- Ahrens, Jan-Philipp & Landmann, Andreas & Woywode, Michael, 2015. "Gender preferences in the CEO successions of family firms: Family characteristics and human capital of the successor," Journal of Family Business Strategy, Elsevier, vol. 6(2), pages 86-103.
- Hoffmann, Magnus & Kolmar, Martin, 2017.
"Distributional preferences in probabilistic and share contests,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 120-139.
- Magnus Hoffmann & Martin Kolmar, 2013. "Distributional Preferences in Probabilistic and Share Contests," CESifo Working Paper Series 4184, CESifo.
- Bergantiños, Gustavo & Moreno-Ternero, Juan D., 2022.
"Monotonicity in sharing the revenues from broadcasting sports leagues,"
European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 297(1), pages 338-346.
- Gustavo Bergantiños & Juan D. Moreno-Ternero, 2021. "Monotonicity in sharing the revenues from broadcasting sports leagues," Working Papers 21.09, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics.
- Bergantiños, Gustavo & Moreno-Ternero, Juan D., 2021. "Monotonicity in sharing the revenues from broadcasting sports leagues," MPRA Paper 105643, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- repec:shn:wpaper:2014-02 is not listed on IDEAS
- Franke, Jörg & Leininger, Wolfgang & Wasser, Cédric, 2018.
"Optimal favoritism in all-pay auctions and lottery contests,"
European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 22-37.
- Jörg Franke & Wolfgang Leininger & Cédric Wasser, 2016. "Optimal Favoritism in All-Pay Auctions and Lottery Contests," CESifo Working Paper Series 6274, CESifo.
- Derek Clark & Øystein Foros & Jan Sand, 2011.
"Foreclosure in contests,"
Public Choice, Springer, vol. 148(1), pages 215-232, July.
- Clark, Derek J. & Foros, Øystein & Sand, Jan Yngve, 2009. "Foreclosure in contests," Discussion Papers 2008/27, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Business and Management Science.
- Goerke, Laszlo & Neugart, Michael, 2015.
"Lobbying and dismissal dispute resolution systems,"
International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 50-62.
- Goerke, Laszlo & Neugart, Michael, 2015. "Lobbying and dismissal dispute resolution systems," Publications of Darmstadt Technical University, Institute for Business Studies (BWL) 67591, Darmstadt Technical University, Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law, Institute for Business Studies (BWL).
More about this item
Keywords
Illusion of proportionality; bounded rationality; contest success; market share and inequality; behavioral contest theory;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GTH-2025-04-14 (Game Theory)
- NEP-MIC-2025-04-14 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-POL-2025-04-14 (Positive Political Economics)
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:zur:econwp:466. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Severin Oswald (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/seizhch.html .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.