Tullock contests may be revenue superior to auctions in a symmetric setting

We consider a symmetric two-player common-value setting where each player gets a private signal about the object value. We show that for some parameter values the equilibrium revenue can be higher in a Tullock contest than in the standard auctions.

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Main Authors: Matros, Alexander, Possajennikov, Alex
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Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32514/
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description We consider a symmetric two-player common-value setting where each player gets a private signal about the object value. We show that for some parameter values the equilibrium revenue can be higher in a Tullock contest than in the standard auctions.
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spelling nottingham-325142020-05-04T17:43:46Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32514/ Tullock contests may be revenue superior to auctions in a symmetric setting Matros, Alexander Possajennikov, Alex We consider a symmetric two-player common-value setting where each player gets a private signal about the object value. We show that for some parameter values the equilibrium revenue can be higher in a Tullock contest than in the standard auctions. Elsevier 2016-05-01 Article PeerReviewed Matros, Alexander and Possajennikov, Alex (2016) Tullock contests may be revenue superior to auctions in a symmetric setting. Economics Letters, 142 . pp. 74-77. ISSN 0165-1765 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.03.003 doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2016.03.003 doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2016.03.003
spellingShingle Matros, Alexander
Possajennikov, Alex
Tullock contests may be revenue superior to auctions in a symmetric setting
title Tullock contests may be revenue superior to auctions in a symmetric setting
title_full Tullock contests may be revenue superior to auctions in a symmetric setting
title_fullStr Tullock contests may be revenue superior to auctions in a symmetric setting
title_full_unstemmed Tullock contests may be revenue superior to auctions in a symmetric setting
title_short Tullock contests may be revenue superior to auctions in a symmetric setting
title_sort tullock contests may be revenue superior to auctions in a symmetric setting
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