Population uncertainty in contests

DOI10.1007/S00199-004-0605-2zbMATH Open1085.91038OpenAlexW2082199248MaRDI QIDQ2580969FDOQ2580969

Authors: Roger B. Myerson, Karl Wärneryd 

Publication date: 10 January 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-004-0605-2

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zbMATH Keywords

Contestspopulation uncertainty.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Models of societies, social and urban evolution (91D10)

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