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Optimal Favoritism in All-Pay Auctions and Lottery Contests
Franke, Jörg; Leininger, Wolfgang; Wasser, Cédric - 2016
and lottery contests with several heterogeneous contestants. Two instruments of favoritism are considered: Head starts …
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Optimal favoritism in all-pay auctions and lottery contests
Franke, Jörg; Leininger, Wolfgang; Wasser, Cédric - 2016
and lottery contests with several heterogeneous contestants. Two instruments of favoritism are considered: Head starts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586301
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Optimal nondiscriminatory auctions with favoritism
Weinschelbaum, Federico; Arozamena, Leandro; Shunda, Nicolas - Departamento de Economía, Universidad de San Andrés - 2012
In many auction settings, there is favoritism: the seller's welfare depends positively on the utility of a subset of … nondiscriminatory auction in a private value, single-unit model under favoritism. At the optimal auction there is a reserve price, or an …
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On favoritism in auctions with entry
Arozamena, Leandro; Weinschelbaum, Federico - Departamento de Economía, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella - 2010
We examine the problem of endogenous entry in a single-unit auction when the seller's welfare depends positively on the utility of a subset of potential bidders. We show that, unless the seller values those bidders' welfare more than her own "private" utility, a nondiscriminatory auction is optimal.
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Collusion and Strategic Favoritism in Organizations
Zhijun - Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia - 2008
Fighting collusion has long been a challenge in organizations, whilst favoritism in organizations has long been … favoritism together which seem to be irrelevant. We show that favoritism cannot benefit organizations where collusion is not a … serious concern; meanwhile favoritism is not effective in dealing with well-organized collusion; however, strategic use of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004968077
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On Favoritism in Auctions with Entry
Arozamena, Leandro; Weinschelbaum, Federico - Departamento de Economía, Universidad de San Andrés - 2010
We examine the problem of endogenous entry in a single-unit auction when the seller's welfare depends positively on the utility of a subset of potential bidders. We show that, unless the seller values those bidders?welfare more than her own ?private?utility, a nondiscriminatory auction is optimal.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498396
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Favoritism in Contests: Head Starts and Handicaps
Kirkegaard, Rene - Department of Economics, Brock University - 2008
We examine a contest, modelled as an all-pay auction, in which a strong and a weak contestant compete, and where a contestant may suffer from a handicap or benefit from a head start. The former reduces the contestant's score by a fixed percentage; the latter is an additive bonus. The two...
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Favoritism in asymmetric contests: Head starts and handicaps
Kirkegaard, René - In: Games and Economic Behavior 76 (2012) 1, pp. 226-248
I examine a contest with identity-dependent rules in which contestants are privately informed and ex ante heterogeneous. A contestant may suffer from a handicap or benefit from a head start. The former reduces the contestantʼs score by a fixed percentage; the latter is an additive bonus....
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THE TIMING OPTION IN FUTURES CONTRACTS AND PRICE BEHAVIOR AT CONTRACT MATURITY
Hranaiova, Jana; Tomek, William G. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1999
The value of the timing option implicit in CBOT corn futures contract is estimated. Separate estimates are obtained for the option without and with convenience yield. The effect of the option on basis behavior at day one of the maturity month is examined and is found statistically significant.
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On the Timing Option in a Futures Contract
Björk, Tomas; Biagini, Francesca - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2005
The timing option embedded in a futures contract allows the short position to decide when to deliver the underlying asset during the last month of the contract period. <p> In this paper we derive, within a very general incomplete market framework, an explicit model independent formula for the...</p>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649426