The optimal entry fee-prize ratio in Tullock contests

DOI10.1016/J.JMATECO.2021.102515zbMATH Open1471.91033OpenAlexW3153440226MaRDI QIDQ2237876FDOQ2237876

Authors: Yanyan Li 

Publication date: 28 October 2021

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2021.102515

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zbMATH Keywords

contest success functionendogenous entryoptimal entry fee-prize ratiouncertain number of contestants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Noncooperative games (91A10) Multistage and repeated games (91A20)

Cites Work

• Strategy and dynamics in contests
• Mixed equilibria in Tullock contests
• Contest success functions
• Extended Poisson games and the Condorcet jury theorem
• Electoral Competition and Special Interest Politics
• Population uncertainty in contests
• Contests with a stochastic number of players
• Revenue ranking of optimally biased contests: the case of two players
• Contests with endogenous entry

Cited In (5)

• Contests with endogenous entry
• Contests with entry fees: theory and evidence
• Tullock contests reward information advantages
• ENHANCING EFFORT SUPPLY WITH PRIZE‐AUGMENTING ENTRY FEES: THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS
• Correction to: ``Entry regulations and optimal prize allocation in parallel contests

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