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Derek J. Clark

Tromso University Business School

Breivika

Tromsø, NO-9037

Norway

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1.

Endogenous entry and investment in an all-pay auction

Journal of Mathematical Economics, volume 122, 2026[10.1016/j.jmateco.2025.103203]
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2025
Derek J. Clark and Tapas Kundu
Tromso University Business School and Oslo Metropolitan University
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Investment, Endogenous entry, All-pay contest, Threshold strategy

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Competitive Balance: Information Disclosure and Discrimination in an Asymmetric Contest

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 184, pp. 178-198, April 2021
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2021
Derek J. Clark and Tapas Kundu
Tromso University Business School and Oslo Metropolitan University
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Asymmetric Contest, Information Design, Discrimination

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Beating the Matthew Effect: Head Starts and Catching Up in a Dynamic All-Pay Auction

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 30 May 2019
Derek J. Clark and Tore Nilssen
Tromso University Business School and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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Contest, All-Pay Auction, Head Start, Catching Up, Matthew Effect

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Investing to get a head start in contests

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Investing to get a head start in contests

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 14 May 2025
Derek J. Clark, Tapas Kundu and Tore Nilssen
Tromso University Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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all-pay auction, pre-contest investment, endogenous head start

Investing to Get Ahead (Start) in Contests

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Dec 2024
Derek J. Clark, Tapas Kundu and Tore Nilssen
Tromso University Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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All-pay auctionPre-contest investmentEndogenous head start

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Gaining Advantage by Winning Contests

Review of Economic Design, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 19 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2020
Derek J. Clark, Tore Nilssen and Jan Yngve Sand
Tromso University Business School, University of Oslo - Department of Economics and University of Tromso - Department of Economics and Management, NFH
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Contest, Win Advantage, Effort Incentives, Budget Division

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Keep On Fighting: The Dynamics of Head Starts in All-Pay Auctions

Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 110, 2018
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2018
Derek J. Clark and Tore Nilssen
Tromso University Business School and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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contest, all-pay auction, win advantage, head start

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Partial Information Disclosure in a Contest

Economics Letters, Vol. 204, 2021
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 24 May 2021
Derek J. Clark and Tapas Kundu
Tromso University Business School and Oslo Metropolitan University
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Contest, Information design, Bayesian persuasion

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Investment and endogenous efficiency in a contest

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Investment and endogenous efficiency in a contest

Economics Letters, volume 247, 2025[10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112131]
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 06 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2025
Derek J. Clark, Tapas Kundu and Tore Nilssen
Tromso University Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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All-Pay Auction, Pre-Contest Investment, Endogenous Efficiency

Investment and Endogenous Efficiency in a Contest

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Nov 2024
Derek J. Clark, Tapas Kundu and Tore Nilssen
Tromso University Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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All-pay auction, Pre-contest investment, Endogenous efficiency.

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Creating Balance in Dynamic Competitions

International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 69, No. 102578, 2020
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2020
Derek J. Clark and Tore Nilssen
Tromso University Business School and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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balanced competition, all-pay auction, momentum, multiple rounds

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Investment Incentives in Contests

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Dec 2024
Derek J. Clark, Tapas Kundu and Johann Reindl
Tromso University Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University and BI Norwegian Business School
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Pre-Contest Investment, Strategic Interaction, Threshold Equilibrium

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The Influence of Media Attention on Retail Price Competition

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Sep 2024
Hans Jarle Kind, Derek J. Clark and Øystein Foros
Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration (NHH), Tromso University Business School and NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Business and Management Science
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Media price comparisonsRetail competitionGrocery sector

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Fatter or Fitter? On Rewarding and Training in a Contest

Economic Inquiry, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2021
Derek J. Clark and Tore Nilssen
Tromso University Business School and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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contest, skill-enhancement, budget division, selection problem

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Instrument Choice in Pre-Contest Investment

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Apr 2026
Derek J. Clark, Tapas Kundu and Tore Nilssen
Tromso University Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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All-Pay Auction, Pre-Contest Investment, Additive Head Start, Multiplicative Bias