On negatively interdependent preferences in rent-seeking contests [Elektronische Ressource] / Sina Risse

On NegativelyInterdependent Preferencesin Rent-Seeking ContestsInauguraldissertationzur Erlangung des akademischen GradesDoktor rerum politicarumder Technischen Universit at DortmundSina RisseDortmund, May 2010PrefaceThis dissertation draws on research I undertook during the time in which Iheld a scholarship of the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS Econ)and later while I was a teaching and research assistant at the chair of microe-conomics at the Technische Universit at Dortmund. The present thesis hasstrongly been in uenced by and pro ted from discussions with professors andfellow students of the RGS Econ, as well as presentations at various nationaland international conferences. I am very grateful to all who supported mywork in that way. In particular, I would like to thank Wolfgang Leininger,who supervised my dissertation. I am also very thankful to my coauthorTobias Wenzel. Moreover, I would like to thank Burkhard Hehenkamp,J org Franke, Annika Herr and Tobias Guse, who all helped me to improvethis thesis at various stages of its development. Financial support by theRGS Econ and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung is gratefullyacknowledged.Dortmund, May 2010Sina RisseiContentsPreface iList of Symbols v1 Introduction 11.1 The Tullock Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1.1 Economic Relevance and Characterization of Contests 11.1.2 Rent-Seeking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.1.