Biasing selection contests with ex-ante identical agents

Kohei Kawamura; Inés Moreno de Barreda

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2014.02.020

Biasing selection contests with ex-ante identical agents

Kohei Kawamura^*, Inés Moreno de Barreda

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This note shows that when the designer of a contest wishes the winner have high ability, she is better off giving a head start to one of the contestants even if they are ex-ante identical. If the contestants are ex-ante asymmetric, the designer should give a head start to the one who is more likely to have high ability.

本文言語	English
ページ（範囲）	240-243
ページ数	4
ジャーナル	Economics Letters
巻	123
号	2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2014.02.020
出版ステータス	Published - 2014 5月
外部発表	はい

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経済学、計量経済学

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