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Information in conflicts

Information in Konflikten
[working paper]

Wärneryd, Karl

Corporate Editor
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Abstract

"We consider a two-player contest for a prize of common but uncertain value. We show that less resources are spent in equilibrium if one party is privately informed about the value of a prize than if either both agents are informed or neither agent is informed. Furthermore, the uninformed agent is e... view more

"We consider a two-player contest for a prize of common but uncertain value. We show that less resources are spent in equilibrium if one party is privately informed about the value of a prize than if either both agents are informed or neither agent is informed. Furthermore, the uninformed agent is ex ante strictly more likely to win the prize than is the informed agent." (author's abstract)... view less


"Der Autor untersucht einen Wettbewerb mit zwei Spielern um einen Gewinn von allgemeinem, jedoch unbekanntem Wert. Er zeigt, daß im Vergleich zu einer Situation in der beide oder keiner von beiden Akteuren die Höhe des Gewinns kennen, weniger Ressourcen im Gleichgewicht verwendet werden, als in dem ... view more

"Der Autor untersucht einen Wettbewerb mit zwei Spielern um einen Gewinn von allgemeinem, jedoch unbekanntem Wert. Er zeigt, daß im Vergleich zu einer Situation in der beide oder keiner von beiden Akteuren die Höhe des Gewinns kennen, weniger Ressourcen im Gleichgewicht verwendet werden, als in dem Fall in dem einer der beiden Spieler über die Höhe des Gewinns informiert ist. Des weiteren ist es ex ante streng genommen wahrscheinlicher, daß der uninformierte Spieler den Gewinn erhält und nicht der informierte." (Autorenreferat)... view less

Keywords
study of economics; competition; game theory; information utilization; profit; conflict

Classification
General Concepts, Major Hypotheses and Major Theories in the Social Sciences
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics

Method
descriptive study

Document language
English

Publication Year
2001

City
Berlin

Page/Pages
20 p.

Series
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Markt und politische Ökonomie, 01-11

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications

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