Doping in Contest-Like Situations

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Individuals who compete in a contest-like situation (for example, in sports, in promotion tournaments, or in an appointment contest) may have an incentive to illegally utilize resources in order to improve their relative positions. We analyze such doping within a tournament game between two heterogeneous players. Three major effects are identified which determine a player's doping decision - a cost effect, a likelihood effect and a windfall-profit effect. Moreover, we discuss whether the favorite or the underdog is more likely to be doped, the impact of doping on overall performance, the influence of increased heterogeneity on doping, the welfare implications of doping, and possible prevention of doping.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SFB/TR 15 Discussion Paper ; No. 46

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
• Subject: contest ; doping ; drugs ; fraud in research ; tournament

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kräkel, Matthias
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 15 - Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems (GESY)
• (where): München
• (when): 2005

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.5282/ubm/epub.13502
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/93994
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-13502-8
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET