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"Third down with a yard to go": recursive expected utility and the Dixit-Skeath conundrum

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  • Kajii, Atsushi
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  • Grant, Simon & Kajii, Atsushi & Polak, Ben, 2001. ""Third down with a yard to go": recursive expected utility and the Dixit-Skeath conundrum," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 73(3), pages 275-286, December.
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