In litigation models, the parties' probability to succeed in a lawsuit hinge upon the merits of
the parties' claims and their litigation efforts. In this paper we extend this framework to …

We investigate how individuals react to different types of asymmetries in experimental two-
player Tullock contests where contestants expend resources to win a prize. We compare the …

This article introduces a simple application of contest theory that neatly captures how
Boulding's 'loss of strength gradient'determines the geographic extent of territory. We focus …

One might obtain special favor or avoid disfavor by winning a competitive contest, a socially
wasteful process that has been studied extensively in the rent-seeking literature. But favor or …

I consider a contest between two risk-neutral players over a common-value prize, in which
one player has a linear cost-of-effort function and the other a strictly convex cost-of-effort …

This thesis consists of three chapters on unethical behavior and experimental economics.
While all chapters focus on unethical behavior such as corruption and cheating, each …

This article describes a large number of contestants with high and low levels of talent who
individually decide to enter a contest or take their heterogeneous outside options. We derive …

We investigate how individuals react to different types of asymmetries in experimental two-
player Tullock contests where contestants expend resources to win a prize. We study three …

What determines the geographic extent of territory? We microfound and extend Boulding's
“Loss of Strength Gradient” to predict the extensive and intensive margins of conflict across …

Arguments are statements used to persuade someone or in support of a claim. However,
these are not perfect and the opponents can exploit them to build their own arguments. In …