Delay in Contests

16 Pages Posted: 4 Apr 2003

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Helmut Bester

Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Kai A. Konrad

Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: February 2003

Abstract

Why is there delay in contests? In this Paper we follow and extend the line of reasoning of Carl von Clausewitz to explain delay. For a given contest technology, delay may occur if there is an asymmetry between defense and attack, if the expected change in relative strengths is moderate, and if the additional cost of investment in future strength is low.

Keywords: Delay, contest, conflict

JEL Classification: B31, D74, H77

Suggested Citation

Bester, Helmut and Konrad, Kai A., Delay in Contests (February 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=393045

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