On optimal head starts in all-pay auctions

DOI10.1016/J.ECONLET.2014.05.018MaRDI QIDQ485580zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Christian Seel, Cédric Wasser

Publication date 12 January 2015

Published in Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/45f949ee-6f11-4214-ba5d-e462eef3ac96

zbMATH Keywords

head startcontestall-pay auction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Auctions, bargaining, bidding and selling, and other market models (91B26)

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