When sabotage fails

Doron Klunover

Mathematical Social Sciences, 2021, vol. 113, issue C, 164-168

Abstract: What are the chances of an ethical individual rising through the ranks of a political party or a corporation in the presence of unethical peers? To answer this question, I consider a four-player two-stage elimination tournament, in which players are partitioned into those who are willing to sabotage other players’ efforts and those who are not. I show that, under certain conditions, the latter are more likely to win the tournament.

Keywords: Tournaments; Contests; Sabotage; Ethical behavior; Hierarchical organizations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2021.07.002

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