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Sabotage in dynamic tournaments

Sabotage in dynamischen Turnieren
[working paper]

Gürtler, Oliver
Münster, Johannes

Corporate Editor
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Abstract

"This paper studies sabotage in a dynamic tournament. Three players compete in two rounds. In the final round, a player who is leading in the race, but not yet beyond the reach of his competitors, gets sabotaged more heavily. As a consequence, if players are at the same position initially, they do n... view more

"This paper studies sabotage in a dynamic tournament. Three players compete in two rounds. In the final round, a player who is leading in the race, but not yet beyond the reach of his competitors, gets sabotaged more heavily. As a consequence, if players are at the same position initially, they do not work productively or sabotage at all in the first round. Thus sabotage is not only directly destructive, but also depresses incentives to work productively. If players are heterogeneous ex ante, sabotage activities in the first round may be concentrated against an underdog, contrary to findings from static tournaments. We also discuss the robustness of our results in a less stylized environment." (author's abstract)... view less


"Dieser Aufsatz untersucht Sabotage in einem dynamischen Turnier. Drei Spieler konkurrieren in zwei Runden. In der letzten Runde wird ein Spieler, der einen Vorsprung hat, aber noch einholbar ist, stärker sabotiert. Deshalb wird eine Gruppe mit homogenen Spielern in der ersten Runde weder produktiv ... view more

"Dieser Aufsatz untersucht Sabotage in einem dynamischen Turnier. Drei Spieler konkurrieren in zwei Runden. In der letzten Runde wird ein Spieler, der einen Vorsprung hat, aber noch einholbar ist, stärker sabotiert. Deshalb wird eine Gruppe mit homogenen Spielern in der ersten Runde weder produktiv arbeiten noch sabotieren. Sabotage ist also nicht nur direkt destruktiv, sondern verringert auch die Anreize zu produktiver Anstrengung. Wenn die Spielergruppe ex-ante heterogen ist, kann sich Sabotage in der ersten Runde überwiegend gegen schwächere Spieler richten, im Gegensatz zu Ergebnissen aus statischen Turnieren. Unsere Ergebnisse bleiben auch in einem weniger eng definierten Modellrahmen robust bestehen." (Autorenreferat)... view less

Keywords
economic model; behavior; playing; research approach; match; social actor; sabotage; game theory; heterogeneity

Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics

Free Keywords
dynamic tournaments; contests; heterogeneity

Document language
English

Publication Year
2009

City
Berlin

Page/Pages
31 p.

Series
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Märkte und Politik, Abteilung Marktprozesse und Steuerung, 2009-06

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications

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