Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19118 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1654
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We analyze a contest between two groups where group members have differing valuations for the contested rent. Generically the pivotal group member with the median valuation of the rent will not act himself but will want to send a group member that has preferences different to her own into the contest. The delegation can be either to more or less 'radical' group members. The direction of delegation depends on the order of moves and the relative 'aggressiveness' of the group medians. We show that almost certainly very asymmetric equilibria arise, even if the median group members value the rent (almost) equally. Delegation can lead to a social improvement in terms of resources spent in the contest.
Subjects: 
strategic delegation
contests
rent seeking
political economy
arms races
distributional conflict
JEL: 
D4
D72
P16
D73
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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