Rent-seeking contests with incomplete information

被引:53
作者
Fey, Mark [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Rochester, Dept Polit Sci, Rochester, NY 14618 USA
关键词
rent-seeking; contests; conflict; private information; equilibrium existence;
D O I
10.1007/s11127-007-9255-9
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We consider rent-seeking contests with two players who each have private information about their own cost of effort. We consider both discrete and continuous distributions of costs and give results for each case, focusing on existence of equilibrium.
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页码:225 / 236
页数:12
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