Download or read book Strategy and Dynamics in Contests written by Kai A. Konrad and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-05 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of contests looks at a number of competitions, from advertising to sports to war, in which any energy expended or money spent by the participants is unrecoverable regardless of the outcome. This book provides an introduction to the contest theory literature and describes the common properties and laws that govern these contests.