Liao, Shu-Yi; Lin, Yu-Ying; Tseng, Wei-Chun - In: Defence and Peace Economics 22 (2011) 3, pp. 265-277
Lotteries can be used to meet shortages in military-manpower-demanding situations before and during a large-scale war. By developing a new lottery mechanism that is fair in that everyone has the same success rate, the approach adopted in this paper is able to outperform the traditional lottery...