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Ready, steady, compete

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  • Marie Claire Villeval

    (GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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  • Marie Claire Villeval, 2012. "Ready, steady, compete," Post-Print halshs-00665521, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00665521
    DOI: 10.1126/science.1218000
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