Two-stage contests with budget constraints: An experimental study

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 320-338

  Parco, James E ^a   Rapoport, Amnon ^b,c   Amaldoss, Wilfred ^d  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contest; EWA; Experiment; Rent seeking; Tournament; Two stage

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844550065     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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