Contests

Luis Corchón is Emeritus Professor at Carlos III University. He is the author of Theories of Imperfectly Competitive Markets (1996) and The Theory of Implementation of Socially Optimal Decisions in Economics (1996) and co-editor of Handbook of Game Theory and Industrial Organization (2018). His work appeared in Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, RAND, International Journal of Industrial Organization, and Economic Theory. He has served as associate editor for Journal of Public Economic Theory, Review of Economic Design, Mathematical Social Sciences and Journal of Dynamics and Games, and has advised 15 PhDs. Carmen Beviá is Full Professor at Universidad de Alicante. Her work appeared in Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, RAND, International Journal of Industrial Organization, and Mathematical Social Sciences. She is co-editor of the volume The Political Economy of Democracy (2008). She has served as associate editor for Mathematical Social Sciences and advised 4 PhD students. She is currently a coeditor of Journal of Mathematical Economics.

Preface; Part I. Foundations: 1. An Introduction to Contests; 2. Contest Success Functions (CSFs); 3. Equilibrium with Heterogeneous Agents; 4. Foundations for Contests Success Functions; Part II. Extensions: 5. Contests Between Groups; 6. Sabotage; 7. Dynamic Contests; 8. Asymmetric Information; Part III. Applications: 9. Contests in Other Environments: Draws, Large Contests and Entry; 10. Contests in Classical Problems: Divisionalizacion, Monopoly Welfare Losses, Coase Theorem, Voting; 11. Contests, Institutions, Wars and Economic Success; 12. Contests: Social Welfare and Public Policy; References; Index.