Blavatskyy, Pavlo R (2004). Contest success function with the possibility of a draw: axiomatization. Working paper series / Institute for Empirical Research in Economics No. 208, University of Zurich.
In imperfectly discriminating contests the contestants contribute effort to win a prize but the highest contributed effort does not necessarily secure a win. The contest success function (CSF) is the technology that translates an individual's effort into his or her probability of winning. This paper provides an axiomatization of CSF when there is the possibility of a draw (the sum of winning probabilities across all contestants is non-additive).
In imperfectly discriminating contests the contestants contribute effort to win a prize but the highest contributed effort does not necessarily secure a win. The contest success function (CSF) is the technology that translates an individual's effort into his or her probability of winning. This paper provides an axiomatization of CSF when there is the possibility of a draw (the sum of winning probabilities across all contestants is non-additive).
| Item Type: | Working Paper |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 03 Faculty of Economics > Department of Economics
Working Paper Series > Institute for Empirical Research in Economics (former) |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 330 Economics |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | October 2004 |
| Deposited On: | 29 Nov 2011 22:32 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2020 07:14 |
| Series Name: | Working paper series / Institute for Empirical Research in Economics |
| ISSN: | 1424-0459 |
| OA Status: | Green |
| Official URL: | http://www.econ.uzh.ch/wp.html |
Blavatskyy, Pavlo R