Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/22834 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Bonn Econ Discussion Papers No. 6/2003
Publisher: 
University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE), Bonn
Abstract: 
Splitting leagues or tournaments seems to be puzzling when agents are homogeneous and splitting leads to a negative competition effect. However, it can be shown that the principal can nevertheless benefit from splitting. First, splitting can be used as a divide-and-rule strategy by the principal to create additional incentives when collusion among the agents is possible. Second, splitting leagues gives the principal the opportunity to introduce promotions and relegations between nested tournaments (i.e., tournaments that are intertemporally linked), which also enhances incentives.
Subjects: 
collusion
leagues
promotion
relegation
tournaments
JEL: 
M5
J4
J3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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