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Elimination tournaments with resource constraints

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  • Nicolas de Roos
  • Alexander Matros
  • Vladimir Smirnov

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We consider T -round elimination tournaments where players have fixed and equal endowments. We establish conditions for the existence and uniqueness of a symmetric equilibrium for a general class of elimination tournaments. We provide examples illustrating the existence of multiple equilibria. Additionally, we show how equilibrium depends on the prizes scheme, and demonstrate that the winner-take-all prize scheme ensures equal resource allocation across all rounds.

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  • Nicolas de Roos & Alexander Matros & Vladimir Smirnov, 2024. "Elimination tournaments with resource constraints," Working Papers 2024-06, University of Sydney, School of Economics.
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