Chowdhury, Subhashish Modak; Sheremeta, Roman M. - School of Economics, University of East Anglia - 2009
We construct a generalized Tullock contest under complete information where contingent upon winning or losing, the payoff of a player is a linear function of prizes, own effort, and the effort of the rival. This structure nests a number of existing contests in the literature. We characterize the...