Export Date: 23 February 2015; Correspondence Address: Pastine, I.; University College DublinIreland; email: Ivan.Pastine@ucd.ie; References: Andrews, R.J., Ranchhod, V., Sathy, V., Estimating the responsiveness of college applications to the likelihood of acceptance and financial assistance: Evidence from Texas (2010) Economics of Education Review, 29, pp. 104-115; Austen-Smith, D., Fryer, R.G., An economic analysis of 'acting white' (2005) Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120 (2), pp. 551-583; Baye, M., Kovenock, D., de Vries, C., The all-pay auction with complete information (1996) Economic Theory, 8, pp. 291-305; Bowen, W., Bok, D., (1998) The shape of the river: Long-term consequences of considering race in college and university admissions, , Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ; Card, D., Krueger, A.B., Would the elimination of affirmative action affect highly qualified minority applicants? Evidence from California and Texas (2005) Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 58 (3), pp. 416-434; Chan, J., Eyster, E., Does banning affirmative action lower college student quality? (2003) The American Economic Review, 93 (3), pp. 858-872; Che, Y.-K., Gale, I., Optimal design of research contests (2003) American Economic Review, 93 (3), pp. 646-671; Cortes, E.K., Do bans on affirmative action hurt minority students? Evidence from the Texas top 10% plan (2010) Economics of Education Review, 29, pp. 1110-1124; Dickson, L.M., Does ending affirmative action in college admissions lower the percent of minority students applying to college? (2006) Economics of Education Review, 25, pp. 109-119; Epple, D., Romano, R., Sieg, H., Diversity and affirmative action in higher education (2008) Journal of Public Economic Theory, 10 (4), pp. 475-501; Espenshade, T., Chung, C., Walling, J., Admission preferences for minority students athletes, and legacies at elite universities (2004) Social Science Quarterly, 85 (5), pp. 1422-1446; Fain, J.R., Affirmative action can increase effort (2009) Journal of Labor Research, 30, pp. 168-175; Franke, J., Does affirmative action reduce effort incentives? A contest game analysis (2010) Ruhr Economic Papers, p. 185; Fryer, R.G., Loury, G.C., Affirmative action and its mythology (2005) Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19 (3), pp. 147-162; Fryer, R.G., Loury, G.C., Affirmative action in winner-take-all markets (2005) Journal of Economic Inequality, 3, pp. 263-280; Fryer, R.G., Loury, G.C., Yuret, T., An economic analysis of color-blind affirmative action (2007) The Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 24 (2), pp. 319-355; Fu, Q., A theory of affirmative action in college admissions (2006) Economic Inquiry, 44, pp. 420-428; Furstenberg, E., The informational value of affirmative action in college admissions (2007) The B.E, Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 7, p. 1; Furstenberg, E., College admissions reform and racial SAT score gaps: An empirical analysis (Working Paper) (2010) Department of Economics University of Virginia; Hickman, B.R., Effort race gaps and affirmative action: A game-theoretic analysis of college admissions (Working Paper) (2010) Department of Economics University of Chicago.; Hillman, A.L., Riley, J.G., Politically contestable rents and transfers (1989) Economics and Politics, 1 (1), pp. 17-39; Kane, T.J., Racial and ethnic preferences in college admissions (1998) The Black-White test score gap, , Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC, C. Jencks, M. Phillips (Eds.); Konrad, K.A., Investment in the absence of property rights; the role of incumbency advantages (2002) European Economic Review, 46, pp. 1521-1537; Li, D., Weisman, D., Why preferences in college admissions may yield a more-able student body (2011) Economics of Education Review, 30 (4), pp. 724-728. , August; Long, M.C., College applications and the effect of affirmative action (2004) Journal of Econometrics, 121, pp. 319-342; Phelps, E.S., The statistical theory of racism and sexism (1972) American Economic Review, 62, pp. 659-661; Rotthoff, K.W., Could affirmative action be efficient in higher education? (2008) Economics Letters, 99, pp. 574-576; Weinberger, C.J., Joy, L., The relative earnings of black college graduates 1980-2001 (2007) Race, work and economic opportunity in the 21st century, , Routledge, London, M. Kim (Ed.); Weisskopf, T.E., Impact of reservation on admissions to higher education in India (2004) Economic and Political Weekly, 39 (39), pp. 4339-4349