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		Tournaments, Contests and Relative Performance Evaluation
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	Conference Schedule

Tournaments, Contests and Relative Performance Evaluation
Conference Schedule
March 12 - 13, 2011

Conference Locations

Building	Short Form
Brownstone Hotel	BR
Mitch's Tavern	MI
Nelson Hall	NH

Friday, March 11, 2011

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM in NH 1st Floor Commons	Registration

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM in MI	Social

Saturday, March 12, 2011

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM in NH 1st Floor Commons	Coffee and Donuts

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM in NH 1120, Session A	Regular session

Chair: Todd Kaplan, University of Haifa Presentations Thomas Giebe, Humboldt University at Berlin, Germany, Economic Theory I Paul Schweinzer, University of York, UK, Economics "The efficient provision of public goods through non-distortionary tax contests" Prize Structure* Todd Kaplan, Economics, University of Haifa David Wettstein, Economics, Ben-Gurion University "The Optimal Design of Rewards in Contests" Prize Structure* Paul Schweinzer, Economics, University of York Ella Segev, Ben Gurion Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, University of the Negev "The optimal prize structure of symmetric Tullock contests" Prize Structure*

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM in NH 1140, Session C	Regular session

Chair: Brennan Platt, Brigham Young University Presentations Christopher Cotton, Economics, University of Miami "Competing for the Attention of Decision Makers" Contest Access Pia Luenstroth, University of Trier, Germany "Searching for the Best? Clubs and their admission decisions" Contest Access Brennan Platt, Economics, Brigham Young University "Auctions for Priority Access" Contest Access

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM in NH 1130, Session B	Regular session

Chair: Andrew Yates, University of Richmond Presentations Eva-Maria Aulich, Institute for Strategy and Business Economics, University of "Skilled or Just Overconfident? Field Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Overconfidence on Promotion Probability " Confidence and Status* Andrea Hammermann, International Human Resource Management, RWTH Aachen Univers Alwine Mohnen, International Human Resource Management, RWTH Aachen University "Group Size and Trophy Value of Symbolic Rewards: Their Impacts on Effort-Evidence from a Real Effort Experiment-" Confidence and Status* Andrew Yates, University of Richmond Roman Sheremeta, Chapman University Shakun Mago, University of Richmond "Best of three contests: experimental evidence" Confidence and Status*

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM in NH 1st Floor Commons	Coffee break

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM in NH 1150, Session D	Regular session

Chair: Alexander Matros, University of South Carolina Presentations Bettina Klose, ISU, University of Zurich Roman Sheremeta, Department of Economics, Chapman University "Behavior in All-Pay and Winner-Pay Auctions with Identity-Dependent Externalities" All-pay Auctions I* Alexander Matros, Economics University of South Carolina "All-Pay Auctions vs. Lotteries as Fundraising Mechanisms: Theory and Evidence" All-pay Auctions I Tuvana Pastine, Dept. of Economics, National University of Ireland Maynooth Ivan Pastine, School of Economics, UCD "Political Campaign Spending Limits" All-pay Auctions I*

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM in NH 1140, Session C	Regular session

Chair: Tim Barmby, University of Aberdeen Presentations Patrick Andreoli Versbach, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition Frank Müller-Langer, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition "The Absence of “Order-Effects” in Dynamic Tournaments: Evidence from a Real-life Randomized Experiment" Sequential Tournaments* Tim Barmby, Economics, University of Aberdeen Ben Kriechel, ROA Maastricht University "First or Last: An Economic Model of Contest Judging and Early Performance Bias" Sequential Tournaments* Wolfgang Hoechtl, Dept. of Economics/University of Innsbruck Rudi Kerschbamer, Dept. of Economics/University of Innsbruck/Austria Rudi Stracke, University of St. Gallen/Switzerland Uwe Sunde, University of St. Gallen/Switzerland "One-shot Contest vs. Sequential Elimination Tournaments with Heterogeneous Agents - Effort Provision, Sorting and the Discouragement Effect" Sequential Tournaments*

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM in NH 1120, Session A	Regular session

Chair: Josse Delfgaauw, Erasmus University Presentations Josse Delfgaauw, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute Robert Dur, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tinbergen Institute, CESifo, and IZA Arjan Non, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute Willem Verbeke, Erasmus University Rotterdam and ERIM "Dynamic Incentive Effects of Relative Performance Pay: A Field Experiment" Relative Performance Evaluation* Douglas Frank, INSEAD Tomasz Obloj, INSEAD "Reference Points and Organizational Performance: Evidence from Retail Banking" Relative Performance Evaluation* Bob Hammond, Economics, North Carolina State University Xiaoyong Zheng, Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University "Heterogeneity in Tournaments: An Experimental Analysis" Relative Performance Evaluation*

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM in NH 1130, Session B	Regular session

Chair: Dan Kovenock, University of Iowa Presentation Bettina Klose, ISU, University of Zurich Dan Kovenock, University of Iowa "Extremism Drives Out Moderation " Preferences*

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM in NH 2nd Floor Student Commons	Lunch

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM in NH 2405, Plenary Session	Plenary Session

Presentation Michael Waldman, The Johnson School, Cornell University "Classic Labor Market Tournaments versus Market-Based Tournaments"

2:45 PM - 4:15 PM in NH 1140, Session C	Regular session

Chair: Petra Nieken, University of Bonn Presentations Frederic Loss, CNAM and Imperial College London Antoine Renucci, Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour and Universite Paris-Dauphine "When Promotions induce Good Managers to be Lazy" Promotion Contests* Jeanine Miklos-Thal, University of Rochester, Simon School Hannes Ullrich, University of Zurich "Belief Precision and Effort Incentives in Promotion Contests" Promotion Contests* Petra Nieken, University of Bonn Matthias Kräkel, University of Bonn "Corporate Careers in the Shadow of Bankruptcy" Promotion Contests*

2:45 PM - 4:15 PM in NH 1120, Session A	Regular session

Chair: Luis Corchon, University Carlos III Presentations Luis Corchon, Economics, University Carlos III Carmen Bevia "A THEORY OF PROTRACTED WARS" War* Samuel Haefner, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel "Clausewitz on Auctions" War* Anil Yildizparlak, Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid "Transfers and Alliance Break Up " War

2:45 PM - 4:15 PM in NH 1130, Session B	Regular session

Chair: Theofanis Tsoulouhas, North Carolina State University Presentations Pablo Casas-Arce, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Economics and Busine Asís Martínez-Jerez, Harvard Business School, Accounting Department "The All-pay Auction with Handicaps" All-pay Auctions II* Ivan Pastine, School of Economics, University College Dublin Tuvana Pastine, Dept. of Economics, National University of Ireland Maynnoth "All-Pay Contests with Constraints" All-pay Auctions II* Robert Ridlon, Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Business Rick Harbaugh, Business Economics, Indiana University Kelley School of Business "Handicapping Under Uncertainty in Asymmetric All-Pay Auctions" All-pay Auctions II*

2:45 PM - 4:15 PM in NH 1150, Session D	Regular session

Chair: Paul Schweinzer, University of York Presentations Qiang Fu, Department of Business Policy, National University of Singap Qian Jiao , Department of Economics, National University of Singapore Jingfeng Lu, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore "On Contests with Costly and Stochastic Entry" Information and Disclosure* Rene Kirkegaard, Department of Economics, University of Guelph "Incomplete Information and Rent Dissipation in Deterministic Contests" Information and Disclosure* Young-Ro Yoon, Department of Economics, Wayne State University "Strategic Disclosure of Meaningful Information within the Environment with Competing Agents" Information and Disclosure

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM in NH 1st Floor Commons	Coffee break

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM in NH 1130, Session B	Regular session

Chair: Aner Sela, Ben-Gurion University Presentations Scott Gilpatric, University of Tennessee Economics Christian Vossler, University of Tennessee Economics Lirong Liu, Sam Houston State University "Regulatory Enforcement with Dynamic Mechanisms Including a Targeting Tournament" Multi-stage Contests I* Aner Sela, Economics Department, Ben-Gurion University "Dynamic Contests with Resource Constraints" Multi-stage Contests I Rudi Stracke, SEW, University of St.Gallen "Multi-Stage Pairwise Elimination Contests" Multi-stage Contests I

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM in NH 1140, Session C	Regular session

Chair: Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama Presentations Brad Humphreys, University of Alberta, Department of Economics Bernd Frick, University of Paderborn, Department of Management "Prize Structure and Performance: Evidence from NASCAR" Sports Contests I* Paul Pecorino, Department of Economics, University of Alabama Amy Farmer, Department of Economics, University of Arkansas "Title IX and the Allocation of Resources to Women’s and Men’s Sports" Sports Contests I* Thomas Peeters, University of Antwerp "The shape of success: estimating contest success functions in sports" Sports Contests I

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM in NH 1120, Session A	Regular session

Chair: Lambert Schoonbeek, University of Groningen Presentations Leonid Polishchuk, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Alexander Tonis , New Economic School, Moscow "Endogenous Contest Success Functions: A Mechanism Design Approach " Rent Seeking* Dmitry Ryvkin, Department of Economics, Florida State University Philip Brookins, Department of Economics, Florida State University "An experimental study of bidding in contests of incomplete information" Rent Seeking* Lambert Schoonbeek, Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Universit Rob J. Everhardt, Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, University of Groningen "Rent-seeking group contests with one-sided private information" Rent Seeking*

6:15 PM - 7:15 PM in NH 2405, Plenary Session	Plenary Session

Presentation Stergios Skaperdas, University of California-Irvine "Contests for Power"

7:30 PM - 8:30 PM in BR	Reception

Sunday, March 13, 2011

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM in NH 1st Floor Commons	Coffee and Donuts

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM in NH 2405, Plenary Session	Plenary Session

Presentation Stefan Szymanski, Cass Business School, City University London "Sports Competition Around a Circle"

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM in NH 1140, Session C	Regular session

Chair: Charles Knoeber, North Carolina State University Presentations Russell Golman, Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University Sudeep Bhatia, Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University "Performance Evaluation Inflation" Subjective Performance Evaluation* Illoong Kwon, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National Uni "Tournament for Belief and Optimal Uncertainty" Subjective Performance Evaluation

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM in NH 1130, Session B	Regular session

Chair: Jennifer Brown, Northwestern University Presentations Jennifer Brown, Northwestern University Dylan Minor, UC-Berkeley "Effort Shadows and Spillovers in Elimination Tournaments" Sports Contests II* Michael Neugart, School of Economics and Management, Free University of Bozen Matteo Richiardi, Department of Economics, University of Turin "Sequential Teamwork in Competitive Environments: Theory and Evidence from Swimming Data" Sports Contests II* Raymond Stefani, Californa State University, Long Beach "A Comparitive Survey of Officially Recognized International Sports Rating Systems" Sports Contests II

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM in NH 1120, Session A	Regular session

Chair: Carmen Bevia, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Presentations Brian Roberson, Purdue University, Department of Economics Dan Kovenock, Univeristy of Iowa Roman Sheremeta, Chapman University "The Attack and Defense of Weakest-Link Networks" Conflict* Paul Schweinzer, Economics, University of York Beatrice Roussillon, Economics, University of Manchester "Efficient Emissions Reduction" Conflict* Matt Wiser, Department of Economics - Louisiana State University Sudipta Sarangi, Department of Economics - Louisiana State University Dan Kovenock, Department of Economics - University of Iowa "A Contest With Complimentarity" Conflict*

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM in NH 1st Floor Commons	Coffee break

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM in NH 1120, Session A	Regular session

Chair: Scott Gilpatric, University of Tennessee Presentations Evangelia Chalioti, Athens University of Economics and Business "Incentive contracts under product market competition and R&D spillovers" Multi-stage Contests II* Alex Krumer, Department of Economics at Ben Gurion University "The Equilibrium Order of Games in Best-of-Three Contests" Multi-stage Contests II* Uwe Sunde, Economics Department, University of St.Gallen Rudi Stracke, Economics Department, University of St.Gallen Rudi Kerschbamer, University of Innsbruck Wolfgang Hoechtl, University of Innsbruck "Optimal Design of Multi-Stage Elimination Tournaments with Heterogeneous Agents: Theory and Experimental Evidence" Multi-stage Contests II*

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM in NH 1130, Session B	Regular session

Chair: Dmitry Ryvkin, Florida State University Presentations Jaesoo Kim, IUPUI, Economics Subhasish Chowdhury, University of East Anglia Jay Pil Choi, Michigan State University "Group Contest with Internal Conflict and Power Inequality" Groups* Martin Kolmar, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen Hendrik Rommeswinkel, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen "Group Contests with CES-Impact Functions" Groups* Subhasish Modak Chowdhury, Economics, University of East Anglia Dongryul Lee, School of Technology Management, UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology Roman Sheremeta, Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University "Top Guns May Not Fire: Group Contests with Public-Good Prize and Best-shot Impact Function" Groups*

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM in NH 1140, Session C	Regular session

Chair: Walter Thurman, North Carolina State University Presentations Jennifer Brown, Northwestern University Jin Li, Northwestern University "Going for It: The Adoption of Risky Strategies in Tournaments" Risk* Todd McFall, Department of Economics, Wake Forest University Julianne Treme, Department of Economics, University of North Carolina Wilmington "How Is Relative Performance Affected by Technological Change?" Risk Marco Sahm, Departement of Business and Economics, TU Munich "The Contest Winner: Gifted or Venturesome?" Risk*

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