Contest design and optimal endogenous entry
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- Qiang Fu & Jingfeng Lu, 2010. "Contest Design And Optimal Endogenous Entry," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 48(1), pages 80-88, January.
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Contest; Endogenous Entry; Entry Cost; Subsidy; Entry Fee;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2006-12-01 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2006-12-01 (Industrial Organization)
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