Working Paper
Sabotage in Contests: An Overview
J. Atsu Amegashie
CESifo, Munich, 2013
CESifo Working Paper No. 4422
CESifo, Munich, 2013
CESifo Working Paper No. 4422
This paper reviews the relatively small literature on sabotage in contests. It looks at both the formal game-theoretic literature and the empirical and experimental literatures. The treatment is intended to be intuitive with minimal use of technical jargon.
CESifo Category
Public Choice
Industrial Organisation
Public Choice
Industrial Organisation
Keywords: contests, sabotage, productive effort
JEL Classification: D710