Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/94010 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
SFB/TR 15 Discussion Paper No. 125
Publisher: 
Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 15 - Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems (GESY), München
Abstract: 
The standard contest model in which participants compete in a single dimension is well understood and documented. Multi-dimension extensions are possible but are liable to increase the complexity of the contest structure, mitigating one of its main advantages: simplicity. In this paper we propose an extension in which competition ensues in several dimensions and a competitor that wins a certain number of these is awarded a prize. The amount of information needed to run the contest is hence limited to the number of dimensions won by each player. We look at the design of this contest from the point of view of maximizing effort in the contest (per dimension and totally), and show that there will be a tendency to run small contests with few dimensions. The standard Tullock model and its results are encompassed by our framework.
Subjects: 
contest design
multi-tasking
effort incentives
JEL: 
D72
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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