Equilibrium existence in Tullock contests with incomplete information

DOI10.1016/J.JMATECO.2015.10.004zbMath1368.91006OpenAlexW2178817997MaRDI QIDQ898691

Ezra Einy, Ori Haimanko, Benyamin Shitovitz, Aner Sela, Diego Moreno

Publication date: 18 December 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2015.10.004

zbMATH Keywords

incomplete informationequilibrium existenceTullock contests

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Noncooperative games (91A10) Auctions, bargaining, bidding and selling, and other market models (91B26)

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