Contest architecture

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-96

  Moldovanu, Benny ^a   Sela, Aner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elimination tournament; Incentives; Optimal architecture; Prizes

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444454508     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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