Keep on fighting: the dynamics of head starts in all-pay auctions

DOI10.1016/J.GEB.2018.05.005zbMath1400.91215OpenAlexW3125050602WikidataQ129764903 ScholiaQ129764903MaRDI QIDQ1651239

Tore Nilssen, Derek J. Clark

Publication date: 12 July 2018

Published in: Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-73876

zbMATH Keywords

all-pay auctioncontesthead startwin advantage

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Auctions, bargaining, bidding and selling, and other market models (91B26)

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