Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/10356/52001
Title: | All-pay contest : an experimental investigation | Authors: | Hua, Zhunyou Yang, Siqiang Lin, Feifei |
Keywords: | DRNTU::Social sciences | Issue Date: | 2013 | Abstract: | This paper experimentally investigates a special class of contests, “all-pay contests” (Siegel 2009), where economic agents are asymmetrically positioned and compete by making irreversible investments. We compare four treatments in a between-subject design, with a simple parameterization of Siegel’s all-pay contest model, to test the theoretical predictions. We find that, while the treatment effects are consistent with the theoretical prediction, average payoffs are significantly lower, and that Siegel's closed form formula is not fully sufficient to determine players’ equilibrium payoffs. Shape of the cost functions, players’ risk and social preferences, and the dynamic of the contest are the possible areas for further research. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52001 | Rights: | Nanyang Technological University | Fulltext Permission: | restricted | Fulltext Availability: | With Fulltext |
Appears in Collections: | HSS Student Reports (FYP/IA/PA/PI) |
Page view(s) 50
288
Updated on Mar 6, 2021
Download(s) 50
25
Updated on Mar 6, 2021
Google ScholarTM
Check
Items in DR-NTU are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.