The Contest Winner: Gifted or Venturesome?
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- March, Christoph & Sahm, Marco, 2017.
"Asymmetric discouragement in asymmetric contests,"
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selection contest; asymmetric players; risk aversion;JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
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