DP4344 Manipulations in Contests
Author(s): | Chen Cohen, Aner Sela |
Publication Date: | April 2004 |
Keyword(s): | contests, Tullock's models |
JEL(s): | D72, L83 |
Programme Areas: | Industrial Organization |
Link to this Page: | cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=4344 |
We study the classical Tullock's model of one-stage contests where the probability of winning is a function of the efforts exerted by the contestants. We show that by a simple non-discriminating rule the contest designer is able to manipulate the outcome of the contest such that the probabilities to win are not ordered according to the contestants' abilities.