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 …

We provide an overview of experimental literature on contests and point out the two main
phenomena observed in most contest experiments:(i) overbidding relative to the standard …

This article experimentally studies a two-stage elimination contest and compares its
performance with a one-stage contest. Contrary to the theory, the two-stage contest …

To explore the effects of different incentives on crowdsourcing participation and submission
quality, we conduct a randomized field experiment on Taskcn, a large Chinese …

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 study how conflict in contest games is influenced by rival parties being groups and by
group members being able to punish each other. Our motivation stems from the analysis of …

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

This paper experimentally compares the performance of four simultaneous lottery contests: a
grand contest, two multiple prize settings (equal and unequal prizes), and a contest which …

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 …