Rent Seeking with Bounded Rationality: An Analysis of the All-Pay Auction

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 828-853

  Anderson, Simon P ^a   Goeree, Jacob K ^a   Holt, Charles A ^a  

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EID: 0001324162     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/250031     Document Type: Article

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