Browsing NHH Brage by Subject "contests"

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    • Divisionalization in contests 

      Huck, Steffan; Konrad, Kai A.; Müller, Wieland (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)
      To be represented by more than one contestant in a contest has advatages and disadvantages. This paper determines the conditions under which it is favorable to send several agents into the contest.

    • Inducement prizes and innovation 

      Brunt, Liam; Lerner, Josh; Nicholas, Tom (Discussion Papers;25/2011, Working paper, 2011-12)
      We examine the effect of prizes on innovation using data on awards for technological development offered by the Royal Agricultural Society of England at annual competitions between 1839 and 1939. We find large effects ...

    • Merger and collusion in contests 

      Huck, Steffan; Konrad, Kai A.; Müller, Wieland (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)
      Competition in some product markets takes the form of a contest. If some firms cooperate in such markets, they must decide how to allocate effort on each of their products and whether to reduce the number of their products ...