We study ex post outsourcing of production in an imperfectly discriminating contest, interpreted here as a research … tournament or a procurement contest for being awarded some production contract. We find that the possibility of outsourcing … increases competition between the contestants, leading to higher total contest effort, unless the ex-post bargaining strength of …

We study ex post outsourcing of production in an imperfectly discriminating contest, interpreted here as a research … tournament or a procurement contest for being awarded some production contract. We find that the possibility of outsourcing …/or the ex-post bargaining strength of the contest winner is sufficiently low. However, even in the case of two contestants …

We study ex post outsourcing of production in an imperfectly discriminating contest, interpreted here as a research … tournament or a procurement contest for being awarded some production contract. We find that the possibility of outsourcing … obtain a sufficiently large share of ex post outsourcing rents. Under reasonable assumptions, outsourcing tends also to …

The literature on R&D contests implicitly assumes that contestants submit their innovation regardless of its value …

The literature on R&D contests implicitly assumes that contestants submit their innovation regardless of its value …

Why do contests exist in settings where negotiation provides a costless alternative? I assess a new explanation …