Minimax play at Wimbledon

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1521-1538

  Walker, Mark ^a   Wooders, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0037722335     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.5.1521     Document Type: Article

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