Grading exams: 100,99,98,\(\dots \) or \(A,B,C\)?

DOI10.1016/j.geb.2010.02.001zbMath1229.91091OpenAlexW2606422958MaRDI QIDQ972129

Pradeep Dubey, John D. Geanakoplos

Publication date: 25 May 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2010.02.001

zbMATH Keywords

examsincentiveseducationgradingstatus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Noncooperative games (91A10) Applications of game theory (91A80) Probabilistic games; gambling (91A60)

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