Do Output-Dependent Prizes Alleviate the Sabotage Problem in Tournaments?

We investigate whether tournament prizes that depend on joint output (“variable prize tournaments”) can alleviate the sabotage problem which is otherwise inherent in tournament structures. In a game-theoretical model with three contestants, we compare fixed-prize tournaments with tournaments where p...

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Main Authors: Thomas Glökler, Kerstin Pull, Manfred Stadler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Games
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/13/5/65