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Contingent payments in selection contests

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  • Christian Riis

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  • Derek Clark & Christian Riis, 2007. "Contingent payments in selection contests," Review of Economic Design, Springer;Society for Economic Design, vol. 11(2), pages 125-137, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:reecde:v:11:y:2007:i:2:p:125-137
    DOI: 10.1007/s10058-007-0030-7
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    Keywords

    Research contest; Selection; Rank-order; Contingent payment; D82; M52; D72;
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    JEL classification:

    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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