The economic design of sporting contests

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1137-1187

  Szymanski, Stefan ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1257/jel.41.4.1137     Document Type: Review

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