The Non-Constant-Sum Colonel Blotto Game
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Keywords
Colonel Blotto Game; All-Pay Auction; Contests; Mixed Strategies;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
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