Equilibrium existence in group contests
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- Philip Brookins & Dmitry Ryvkin, 2014. "Equilibrium existence in group contests," Working Papers wp2014_12_02, Department of Economics, Florida State University.
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Keywords
Group contest; Incomplete information; Equilibrium existence; Reduction;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- C02 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Mathematical Economics
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