The limits of meritocracy

DOI10.1016/J.JET.2022.105414zbMath1490.91162OpenAlexW4210583359MaRDI QIDQ2138066

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 11 May 2022

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2022.105414

zbMATH Keywords

tournamentscontestscontest designmeritocracy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History, political science (91F10) Heterogeneous agent models (91B69)

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