On the existence and uniqueness of pure Nash equilibrium in rent-seeking games

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DOI10.1006/game.1997.0517zbMath0889.90168OpenAlexW2048715339MaRDI QIDQ1367684

Koji Okuguchi, Ferenc Szidarovszky

Publication date: 4 June 1998

Published in: Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/game.1997.0517




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