results to contests with incomplete informa tion. Two assumptions are imposed on the information structure. First, the players …

This paper analyzes iterated incumbency contests with heterogeneous valuations in a large population setting …

comprises of intra - group contests, followed by an inter-group contest in the second stage. Rewards accrue only to the members … the second stage than winners. In contrast to previous frameworks of sequential contests, we show that a prior win may be …