Rational self-sabotage

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2013 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Mathematical Social Sciences, volume 65, pages 1-4 (issn: 0165-4896,

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Authors: Oliver Gürtler; Johannes Münster;

doi: 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2012.06.008

Rational self-sabotage

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Abstract We consider a dynamic tournament where contestants choose a productive effort and to help or sabotage their opponents. Sabotage lowers the output of the victim. Moreover, sabotage imposes an additional direct psychic cost on the victim. Because the current leader is sabotaged most strongly in the final stage, players help other players and even sabotage themselves early on.

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