Valuation Structure in Incomplete Information Contests: Experimental Evidence

Authors

Diego Aycinena, Universidad del RosarioFollow
Rimvydas Baltaduonis, Gettysburg CollegeFollow
Lucas Rentschler, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-22-2018

Department 1

Economics

Abstract

We experimentally examine perfectly discriminating contests under three valuation structures: pure common-value, pure private-value and a case with both private and common value components. In line with the results from the previous literature, we find that, regardless of valuation structure, contestants often choose very conservative expenditures, and very aggressive expenditures. Average expenditures exceed Nash equilibrium predictions. In valuation structures with a common value component, contestants often choose expenditures in excess of the expected value of the prize conditional on winning the contest. That is, they often guarantee themselves negative payoffs in expectation.

DOI

10.1007/s11127-018-0568-7

Recommended Citation

Aycinena, Diego, Rimvydas Baltaduonis, and Lucas Rentschler. "Valuation Structure in Incomplete Information Contests: Experimental Evidence." Public Choice (2018): 1-14.

Required Publisher's Statement

The article can be found on the publisher's website: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11127-018-0568-7#enumeration