Strategic Tournaments

Preemptive Behavior in Sequential-Move Tournaments with Heterogeneous Agents

Rank-order tournaments are usually modeled simultaneously. However, real tournaments are often sequential. We show that agents’ strategic behavior in sequential-move tournaments significantly differ from the one in simultaneous-move tournaments: In a sequential-move tournament with heterogeneous agents, there may be either a first-mover or a second-mover advantage. Under certain conditions the ...

Commitment in R&D Tournaments via Strategic Delegation to Overoptimistic Managers

The Development of the Strategic Behavior of Peer Designed Agents

As computerized agents have become more and more common, e-commerce has become a major candidate for incorporation of automated agents. Thus, it is vital to understand how people design agents for online markets and how their design changes over time. This, in turn, will enable a better design of agents for these environments. We focus on the design of trading agents for bilateral negotiations ...

Sabotage vs Discouragement : Which Dominates Post Promotion Tournament Behavior ? ∗

We explore the behavior of losers of promotion tournaments after the tournament is concluded. We do so through the use of an experiment in which we vary the design of the promotion tournament to determine how tournament design affects post tournament effort. We provide a theoretical model demonstrating two possible effects from the tournaments which are strategic sabotage and the possibility th...

Spreadsheet-Based Simulation Models for Decision Support: Case of Strategic Pairings in Sport Tournaments with Match Play for Team Competition

In sport tournaments where teams compete in match play format, the pairing of players in matches is critical to the final outcomes. This paper presents simulation models using only commonplace spreadsheet software to analyze and compare strategies in such pairings based on actual or estimated performance of individual players. The approach can be a useful decision support tool for captains and ...

Strategic Promotion Tournaments and Worker Performance

Excerpt] In this analysis I study promotion schemes as human resource management strategies by which the firm can realize strategic goals by motivating workers to higher levels of effort and performance. Using information on promotions, wages, and performance for professional workers in a cross section of establishments in four metropolitan areas of the U.S., I investigate empirically the propo...