Contest design: An experimental investigation

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 573-590

  Sheremeta, Roman M ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952728824     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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