Bitte verwenden Sie diesen Link, um diese Publikation zu zitieren, oder auf sie als Internetquelle zu verweisen: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/128618
Erscheinungsjahr: 
2015
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Bonn Econ Discussion Papers No. 03/2015
Verlag: 
University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
Everyone remembers a plot where a disadvantaged individual facing the prospect of failure, spends more effort, turns around the game and wins unexpectedly. Most tournament theories, however, predict the opposite pattern and see the disadvantaged agent investing less effort. We show that ’turn arounds’, i.e. situations where the trailing player spends more effort and becomes the likely winner of the tournament, can be the outcome of a Nash equilibrium when the initial unevenness is known and players have reference-dependent preferences. Under certain conditions, they are the only pure strategy equilibrium. If the initial unevenness is large enough the advantaged player will always invest the most effort. We also show that equilibria in which the player behind catches up without becoming the likely winner do not exist.
Schlagwörter: 
loss aversion
gain-loss utility
normal distribution
competition
JEL: 
C72
D63
D44
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

Datei(en):
Datei
Größe
481.12 kB





Publikationen in EconStor sind urheberrechtlich geschützt.