Costly participation and default allocations in all-pay contests
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Keywords
all-pay contests; participation costs; default allocations; clearinghouse; sales; ontest design;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2022-11-21 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-MIC-2022-11-21 (Microeconomics)
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