How lotteries outperform auctions

DOI10.1016/J.ECONLET.2010.11.025zbMath1214.91037OpenAlexW2025478107MaRDI QIDQ531416

Olivier Bos

Publication date: 29 April 2011

Published in: Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.11.025

zbMATH Keywords

complete informationall-pay auctionslotteriescharity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Auctions, bargaining, bidding and selling, and other market models (91B26)

Related Items (6)

Charity auctions for the happy few ⋮ Optimal bidding in auctions from a game theory perspective ⋮ Contest for power in organizations ⋮ Should lotteries offer discounts on multiple tickets? ⋮ Equity and effectiveness of optimal taxation in contests under an all-pay auction ⋮ Risk preference heterogeneity in group contests

Cites Work

• The theory of contests: a survey
• Financing Public Goods by Means of Lotteries

This page was built for publication: How lotteries outperform auctions