Equilibrium selection in a nonlinear duopoly game with adaptive expectations

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-100

  Bischi, Gian Italo ^a   Kopel, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptive expectations; Basins of attraction; C72; Critical curves; D43; D83; Duopoly games; Equilibrium selection problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001902879     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(01)00188-3     Document Type: Article

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