Experimental Research on Contests

Subhasish Chowdhury, Dan Kovenock and Anwesha Mukherjee ()
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Anwesha Mukherjee: Department of Economics, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AA, UK

No 2024004, Working Papers from The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics

Abstract: Contests are situations in which agents compete by irreversibly expending costly resources in an attempt to win a prize. Due to their applications in conflict, rent-seeking, organizational incentives, sports, litigation, and political campaigns, contests are widely applied in the social sciences. In this survey we summarize some main results and recent developments of experimental studies in contest theory. We also point out their broader applications in the social sciences.

Keywords: Contest; Experiment; Conflict; Survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 C92 D72 D74 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2024-06
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