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Contests on Networks. / Matros, Alexander; Rietzke, David Michael.
Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2017. (Economics Working Paper Series).

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Matros, A & Rietzke, DM 2017 'Contests on Networks' Economics Working Paper Series, Lancaster University, Department of Economics, Lancaster.

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Matros, A., & Rietzke, D. M. (2017). Contests on Networks. (Economics Working Paper Series). Lancaster University, Department of Economics.

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Matros A, Rietzke DM. Contests on Networks. Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics. 2017 Feb. (Economics Working Paper Series).

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Matros, Alexander ; Rietzke, David Michael. / Contests on Networks. Lancaster : Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2017. (Economics Working Paper Series).

Bibtex

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