Population uncertainty in contests

Economic Theory

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 469-474

  Myerson, Roger B ^a   Wärneryd, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contests; Population uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144407690     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-004-0605-2     Document Type: Article

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