We study a non-symmetric variant of General Lotto games introduced in Hart (Int J Game Theory 36:441–460, <CitationRef CitationID="CR7">2008</CitationRef>). We provide a complete characterization of optimal strategies for both players in non-symmetric discrete General Lotto games, where one of the players has an advantage over the...</citationref>

I consider competitions in which, conditional on winning or losing, the effort exerted by a competitor does not necessarily decrease his payoff. This happens, for example, in competitions for promotions in which workers are intrinsically motivated, and in research and development races in which...