CHAOTIC DYNAMICS IN CONTESTS

C-Tier
Journal: Economic Inquiry
Year: 2018
Volume: 56
Issue: 3
Pages: 1486-1491

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Under a myopic best‐reply dynamic, efforts in repeated contests may exhibit chaotic behavior. This may help explain, for example, why experimental data often show nonconvergence to one‐shot equilibrium efforts. (JEL C61, C72, D72, D74, D83)

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RePEc Handle
repec:bla:ecinqu:v:56:y:2018:i:3:p:1486-1491
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29