Arbeitspapier

Effort Maximization in Asymmetric N-person Contest Games

This paper provides existence and characterization of the optimal contest success function under the condition that the objective of the contest designer is total effort maximization among n heterogeneous players. Heterogeneity of players makes active participation of a player in equilibrium endogenous with respect to the specific contest success function adopted by the contest designer. Hence, the aim of effort maximization implies the identification of those players who should be excluded from making positive efforts.We give a general proof for the existence of an optimal contest success function and provide an algorithm for the determination of the set of actively participating players.This is turn allows to determine optimal efforts in closed form.An important general feature of the solution is that maximization of total effort requires at least three players to be active.

ISBN
978-3-86788-144-9
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 130

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Noncooperative Games
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Thema
Effort maximization
existence of solution
asymmetric contests
participation constraints
Leistungsanreiz
Wettbewerb
Extensives Spiel
Leistungsmotivation
Theorie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Franke, Jörg
Kanzow, Christian
Leininger, Wolfgang
Väth, Alexandra
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
(wo)
Essen
(wann)
2009

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Franke, Jörg
  • Kanzow, Christian
  • Leininger, Wolfgang
  • Väth, Alexandra
  • Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)

Entstanden

  • 2009

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