Abstract
The standard contest model in which participants compete in a single dimension is well understood and documented. Multi-dimension extensions are possible but are liable to increase the complexity of the contest structure, mitigating one of its main advantages: simplicity. In this paper we propose an extension in which competition ensues in several dimensions, and a competitor that wins a certain number of these is awarded a prize. The amount of information needed to run the contest is hence limited to the number of dimensions won by each player. We look at the design of this contest from the point of view of maximising effort in the contest (per dimension and totally), and show that there will be a tendency to run small contests with few dimensions. The standard Tullock model and its results are encompassed by our framework
| Item Type: | Journal article |
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| Form of publication: | Publisher's Version |
| Keywords: | Contest design; multi-tasking; effort incentives |
| Faculties: | Economics > Chairs > MPI for Tax Law and Public Finance |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| JEL Classification: | D72 |
| ISSN: | 0347-0520 |
| Language: | English |
| Item ID: | 24479 |
| Date Deposited: | 02. Apr 2015, 13:45 |
| Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020, 13:06 |
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