%0 Journal Article
%T Optimal Team Contests to Induce More Efforts
%A Dongryul Lee
%A Joon Song
%J Journal of Sports Economics
%@ 1552-7794
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1527002518771443
%X We show that, if the team sports designer puts more weight on the performance of high-ability members (e.g., star players) than on low-ability members, the designer encourages the low-ability member to free ride on the high-ability members so that the high-ability members exert even greater efforts. Thus, the designerĄ¯s choice approximates the best shot team contest. With more weight on the low-ability memberĄ¯s performance, the choice approximates the weakest link team contest to undermine the free riding. The approximations work better with more convex effort cost function and/or smaller heterogeneity of group members
%K group contest
%K team sports
%K contest design
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1527002518771443