Evolutionary Equilibrium in Tullock Contests: Spite and Overdissipation

Burkhard Hehenkamp, Wolfgang Leininger and Alex Possajennikov ()

Discussion Papers in Economics from University of Dortmund, Department of Economics

Abstract: Tullock's analysis of rent-seeking as a contest is reconsidered from an evolutionary point of view. We show that evolutionary stable behavior in a Tullock contest exists and differs from behavior in Nash equilibrium. Evolutionary stable behavior in these contests is robust in a strong sense and may entail overdissipation of the contested rent.

Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2003-04
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