Orchestrating rent seeking contests

被引:129
作者
Gradstein, M [1 ]
Konrad, KA
机构
[1] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel
[2] Free Univ Berlin, D-1000 Berlin, Germany
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D O I
10.1111/1468-0297.00461
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Contests have different, sometimes quite complex, organisational structures. In particular, while most of the existing literature focusses on simultaneous contests, multistage contests are also quite frequently encountered. This paper seeks to provide a rationale for the latter by endogenising the choice of a contest structure, which is made by an organiser of a contest interested in maximising the efforts expended by the contenders.
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页码:536 / 545
页数:10
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