A simple dynamic contest with a parameterized strength of competition

José A. García-Martínez ()
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José A. García-Martínez: Universidad Miguel Hernández

SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2018, vol. 9, issue 3, No 3, 305-332

Abstract: Abstract This paper analyzes the effect of competition in a dynamic contest in which agents of two types (A and B) differ in their expected performances; environments where type A outperforms type B are more frequent than those where B outperforms A. In each period, the population of agents is randomly matched in groups of n members (each group faces a particular environment), with the top $$k

Keywords: Contest; Competition; Strength of competition; Selection process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C73 D00 D23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s13209-018-0180-6

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