Linking individual and collective contests through noise level and sharing rules
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- Pau Balart & Subhasish Modak Chowdhury & Orestis Troumpounis, 2015. "Linking individual and collective contests through noise level and sharing rules," University of East Anglia School of Economics Working Paper Series 2015-07, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
- Pau Balart & Subhasish Chowdhury & Orestis Troumpounis, 2015. "Linking individual and collective contests through noise level and sharing rules," Working Papers 98653895, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department.
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Keywords
Contest; Homogeneity of degree zero; Equivalence;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
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