The effort-maximizing contest with heterogeneous prizes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.10.026
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Keywords
All pay auction; Grand contest; Split contest; Subcontest; Virtual effort of efficiency;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D44 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Auctions
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
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