caa a22 4500 606167773 CHVBK 20210128100704.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11127-015-0264-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11127-015-0264-9 Sabotage in contests: a survey [Elektronische Daten] [Subhasish Chowdhury, Oliver Gürtler] A contest is a situation in which individuals expend irretrievable resources to win valuable prize(s). "Sabotage” is a deliberate and costly act of damaging a rival's likelihood of winning the contest. Sabotage can be observed in, e.g., sports, war, promotion tournaments, and political or marketing campaigns. In this article, we provide a model of, and different perspectives on, such sabotage activities and review the economics literature analyzing the act of sabotage in contests. We discuss the theories and evidence emphasizing the means of sabotage, why sabotage occurs, and the effects of sabotage on individual contestants and on overall welfare, with possible means of reducing sabotage. We note that most sabotage activities are aimed at the ablest contestant, the possibility of sabotage reduces productive effort exerted by the contestants, and sabotage may lessen the effectiveness of public policies, such as affirmative action, or information revelation in contests. We discuss the different policies a designer might use to counteract sabotage. We conclude by pointing out some areas of future research. The Author(s), 2015 Contest nationallicence Tournament nationallicence Sabotage nationallicence Survey nationallicence Chowdhury Subhasish University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, UK aut Gürtler Oliver University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany aut Public Choice Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 164/1-2(2015-07-01), 135-155 0048-5829 164:1-2<135 2015 164 11127 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-015-0264-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-015-0264-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chowdhury Subhasish University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gürtler Oliver University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Choice Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 164/1-2(2015-07-01), 135-155 0048-5829 164:1-2<135 2015 164 11127