On optimal favoritism in all-pay contests

DOI10.1016/j.jmateco.2021.102472zbMath1470.91018OpenAlexW3124212271MaRDI QIDQ2050987

Feng Zhu

Publication date: 1 September 2021

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2021.102472

zbMATH Keywords

stochastic dominancehandicapall-pay contestsfavoritismhead start

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Noncooperative games (91A10) 2-person games (91A05)

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