Who pays to win again ?
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چکیده
In contest experiments, overbidding is a widely observed phenomenon. One common explanation for overbidding is that winning in itself yields utility, termed the joy of winning. However, the joy of winning is diffi cult to observe and to quantify. This paper develops a novel, incentivized way to measure the individual-specific joy of winning as well as the frustration of losing in a Tullock lottery contest. We find that the willingness to pay for a restart of the contest differs between winners and losers. Compared to a theoretical benchmark, winners are more satisfied and overbid for restart of the contest, while losers are less satisfied and underbid. Further, effort levels are higher in the second contest, which can be explained by selection of high effort types with a high joy of winning into the restarted contest. JEL codes : C78, C91, D72, D74
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