We investigate overlapping contests in multi-divisional organizations in which an individual's effort simultaneously … determines the outcome of several contests on different hierarchical levels. We show that individuals in smaller units are …-divisional contests. Second, competition in the intra-divisional contest is less fierce. Both effects induce a higher marginal utility of …

collective action in the context of finitely repeated intergroup conflict and demonstrate that conflict expenditures are …

. -- Colonel Blotto ; conflict resolution ; contest theory ; multi-dimensional resource allocation ; rent-seeking ; experiments …

destructive nature of intergroup conflicts. -- Communication ; Conflict ; Experiment ; Rent-seeking … collective action in the context of finitely repeated intergroup conflict and demonstrate that conflict expenditures are …

-seeking competition. -- Contests ; Other-regarding preferences ; Experiments …While numerous experiments demonstrate how pro-sociality can influence economic decision-making, evidence on explicitly … experimental rent-seeking contests. Although, as we show, existing evidence of excessive rent-seeking is in theory compatible with …