Effort maximization in asymmetric contest games with heterogeneous contestants
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Publication:1949200
DOI10.1007/s00199-011-0657-zzbMath1333.91004OpenAlexW1979137999MaRDI QIDQ1949200
Christian Kanzow, Wolfgang Leininger, Alexandra Schwartz, Joerg Franke
Publication date: 6 May 2013
Published in: Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-011-0657-z
Noncooperative games (91A10) (n)-person games, (n>2) (91A06) Other game-theoretic models (91A40) Auctions, bargaining, bidding and selling, and other market models (91B26)
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