We experimentally investigate the effect of social identification and information feedback on
individual behavior in contests. In all treatments, we find significant overexpenditure of effort …

This study provides a unified theoretical and experimental framework in which to compare
three canonical types of competition: winner-take-all contests won by the best performer …

This paper considers a contest setting in which a challenger chooses between one of two
contests to enter after observing the level of defense at each. Despite the challenger's …

We study experimentally the effects of cost structure and prize allocation rules on the
performance of rent-seeking contests. Most previous studies use a lottery prize rule and …

This paper considers a contest setting in which a challenger chooses between one of two
contests to enter after observing the level of defense at each. Despite the challenger's …

We investigate the role of information feedback in rent-seeking contests. In the deterministic
contest a contestant receives a share of the rent equal to her share of rent-seeking …