Revenue ranking of optimally biased contests: The case of two players

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2017
Volume: 157
Issue: C
Pages: 167-170

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Abstract

It is shown that the equilibrium in the asymmetric two-player Tullock contest is unique for parameter values r≤2. This allows proving a revenue ranking result saying that a revenue-maximizing designer capable of biasing the contest always prefers a technology with higher r.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:157:y:2017:i:c:p:167-170
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25