An experimental investigation of overdissipation in the all pay auction

European Economic Review

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 974-997

  Lugovskyy, Volodymyr ^a   Puzzello, Daniela ^b   Tucker, Steven ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

All pay auction; Collusion; Experimental economics; Rent seeking model

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PROFITABILITY; RENT SEEKING;

EID: 77958153966     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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