TY - JOUR
T1 - Cheating in Contests
T2 - Anti-doping Regulatory Problems in Sport
AU - Mohan, Vijay
AU - Hazari, Bharat
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - We examine the impact of regulation on the doping decisions of athletes in a Tullock contest. The regulatory measures we consider are greater monitoring by sports authorities and a lowering of the prize in the contest. When legal efforts and illegal drugs are substitutes, an increase in anti-doping regulation may, counterintuitively, increase the levels of doping activity by athletes. Anti-doping regulation can also have the undesirable consequence of decreasing legal efforts; in our model, this always occurs when legal efforts and illegal drugs are complements, and under certain circumstances when they are substitutes.
AB - We examine the impact of regulation on the doping decisions of athletes in a Tullock contest. The regulatory measures we consider are greater monitoring by sports authorities and a lowering of the prize in the contest. When legal efforts and illegal drugs are substitutes, an increase in anti-doping regulation may, counterintuitively, increase the levels of doping activity by athletes. Anti-doping regulation can also have the undesirable consequence of decreasing legal efforts; in our model, this always occurs when legal efforts and illegal drugs are complements, and under certain circumstances when they are substitutes.
KW - anti-doping regulation
KW - doping
KW - Tullock contest
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U2 - 10.1177/1527002514542438
DO - 10.1177/1527002514542438
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 1527-0025
VL - 17
SP - 736
EP - 747
JO - Journal of Sports Economics
JF - Journal of Sports Economics
IS - 7
ER -