On the evolution of attitudes towards risk in winner-take-all games

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-143

  Dekel, Eddie ^a,b   Scotchmer, Suzanne ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0012332414     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeth.1999.2537     Document Type: Article

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