An experimental investigation of asymmetric contests

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 582-591

  Fonseca, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetries; Laboratory experiments; Rent seeking contests; Sequential moves; Simultaneous moves

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; RENT-SEEKING CONTESTS; SEQUENTIAL-MOVES; SIMULTANEOUS-MOVES;

COMPETITION;

EID: 67849106529     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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