The optimal multi-stage contest

Economic Theory

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 351-382

  Fu, Qiang ^a   Lu, Jingfeng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Effort maximization; Multi stage contest; Prize allocation; Sequential elimination; Winner take all

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866774637     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-009-0463-z     Document Type: Article

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