Asymmetric contests with initial probabilities of winning

DOI10.1111/IJET.12173MaRDI QIDQ5215963zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Kyung Hwan Baik, Hanjoon Michael Jung

Publication date 14 February 2020

Published in International Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1111/ijet.12173

zbMATH Keywords

asymmetric contestinitial probability of winningmore efficient rent seekingno-effort equilibriumprize dissipation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of game theory (91A80) Auctions, bargaining, bidding and selling, and other market models (91B26)

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