Complete-rent-dissipation contest design
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Keywords
Contest success function; Complete rent dissipation; Observable or unobservable values; Equivalence in aggregate efforts across equilibria;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
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