Investment Tournaments: When Should a Rational Agent Put All Eggs in One Basket?
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JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2009-07-11 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2009-07-11 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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