A simple dynamic contest with a parameterized strength of competition
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Contest; Competition; Strength of competition; Selection process;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D00 - Microeconomics - - General - - - General
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
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