Racing with Uncertainty

DOI10.2307/2297442zbMath0602.90146MaRDI QIDQ3738970

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Publication date: 1987

Published in: The Review of Economic Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2297442

zbMATH Keywords

technological uncertainty; models of races; strategic interaction between competitors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91B24: Microeconomic theory (price theory and economic markets)

91A40: Other game-theoretic models

91A20: Multistage and repeated games

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