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The Value Of A Draw In Quasi-Binary Matches

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  • Oscar Volij

    (BGU)

  • Casilda Lasso de la Vega

    (University of the Basque Country)

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  • Oscar Volij & Casilda Lasso de la Vega, 2016. "The Value Of A Draw In Quasi-Binary Matches," Working Papers 1601, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics.
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    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games

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