Chowdhury, S. M. orcid.org/0000-0002-8386-9144, Esteve-Gonzalez, P. and Mukherjee, A. (2023) Heterogeneity, leveling the playing field, and affirmative action in contests. Southern Economic Journal, 89 (3). pp. 924-974. ISSN 0038-4038
Abstract
The heterogeneous abilities of players in various competitive contexts often lead to undesirable outcomes such as low effort provision, a lack of diversity, and inequality. A range of policies is implemented to mitigate such issues by enforcing competitive balance, that is, by leveling the playing field. Some of those policies, known as affirmative action (AA) policies, are practiced in ethical response to historical discrimination against particular social groups, and are also aimed at increasing competition. This survey summarizes the rapidly growing literature on contest theory regarding AA and other policies that level the playing field. Using a general theoretical structure, we outline the theoretical, experimental, and empirical research findings on contest outcomes under a multitude of policy mechanisms, and in doing so, we touch upon some of the common debates in the AA literature.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Southern Economic Journal published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Southern Economic Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
Keywords: | affirmative action; contest; heterogeneity; survey |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2022 11:54 |
Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2024 13:54 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Southern Economic Association |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/soej.12618 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194379 |