Affirmative action through extra prizes
Some affirmative action policies establish that a set of disadvantaged competitors has access to an extra prize. We analyse the effects of creating an extra prize by reducing the prize in the main competition. Contestants differ in ability and agents with relatively low ability belong to a disadvant...
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| author | Dahm, Matthias Esteve-González, Patricia |
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| description | Some affirmative action policies establish that a set of disadvantaged competitors has access to an extra prize. We analyse the effects of creating an extra prize by reducing the prize in the main competition. Contestants differ in ability and agents with relatively low ability belong to a disadvantaged minority. All contestants compete for the main prize, but only disadvantaged agents can win the extra prize. We show that an extra prize is a powerful tool to ensure participation of disadvantaged agents. Moreover, for intermediate levels of the disadvantage of the minority, introducing an extra prize increases total equilibrium effort compared to a standard contest. Thus, even a contest designer not interested in affirmative action might establish an extra prize in order to enhance competition. |
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| spelling | nottingham-531212020-05-04T19:42:51Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53121/ Affirmative action through extra prizes Dahm, Matthias Esteve-González, Patricia Some affirmative action policies establish that a set of disadvantaged competitors has access to an extra prize. We analyse the effects of creating an extra prize by reducing the prize in the main competition. Contestants differ in ability and agents with relatively low ability belong to a disadvantaged minority. All contestants compete for the main prize, but only disadvantaged agents can win the extra prize. We show that an extra prize is a powerful tool to ensure participation of disadvantaged agents. Moreover, for intermediate levels of the disadvantage of the minority, introducing an extra prize increases total equilibrium effort compared to a standard contest. Thus, even a contest designer not interested in affirmative action might establish an extra prize in order to enhance competition. Elsevier 2018-06-29 Article PeerReviewed Dahm, Matthias and Esteve-González, Patricia (2018) Affirmative action through extra prizes. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization . ISSN 0167-2681 (In Press) |
| spellingShingle | Dahm, Matthias Esteve-González, Patricia Affirmative action through extra prizes |
| title | Affirmative action through extra prizes |
| title_full | Affirmative action through extra prizes |
| title_fullStr | Affirmative action through extra prizes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Affirmative action through extra prizes |
| title_short | Affirmative action through extra prizes |
| title_sort | affirmative action through extra prizes |
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