Discontinuous payoffs, shared resources, and games of fiscal competition: Existence of pure strategy Nash equilibrium

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-368

  Rothstein, Paul ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247209101     PISSN: 10973923     EISSN: 14679779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2007.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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