The n-player Hirshleifer contest
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Keywords
Difference-form contests; Nash equilibrium; rent dissipation; all-pay auction;All these keywords.
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
- D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GTH-2020-09-21 (Game Theory)
- NEP-MIC-2020-09-21 (Microeconomics)
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