Minimax regret and strategic uncertainty

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 264-286

  Renou, Ludovic ^a   Schlag, Karl H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auction; Conjectures; Minimax regret; Price dispersion; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149083010     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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