Many economic, political and social environments can be described as contests in which
agents exert costly effort while competing over the distribution of a scarce resource. These …

Group contests are ubiquitous. Some examples include warfare between countries,
competition between political parties, team‐incentives within firms, and rent‐seeking. In …

This advanced textbook is an essential guide to discovering new and more illuminating
ways to analyse the econometric modelling of experimental data. Peter Moffatt, one of the …

We review the main economic models of war and conflict. These models vary in details, but
their implications are qualitatively consistent, highlighting key commonalities across a …

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 …

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 …

Violent intergroup conflicts cause widespread harm; yet, throughout human history,
destructive hostilities occur time and time again,. Benefits that are obtainable by victorious …

This study provides a unified framework to compare three canonical types of contests:
winner-take-all contests won by the best performer, winner-take-all lotteries where …

Due to the high costs of conflict both in theory and practice, we examine and experimentally
test the conditions under which conflict between asymmetric agents can be resolved. We …

Contests are commonly used in the workplace to motivate workers, determine promotion,
and assign bonuses. Although contests can be very effective at eliciting high effort, they can …