Contest success functions

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Publication:1920947

DOI10.1007/BF01213906zbMath0852.90137MaRDI QIDQ1920947

Stergios Skaperdas

Publication date: 6 August 1996

Published in: Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)




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