The effects of payoff magnitude and heterogeneity on behavior in 2×2 games with unique mixed strategy equilibria

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 523-548

  McKelvey, Richard D ^a   Palfrey, Thomas R ^a   Weber, Roberto A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C72; C91; C92; Equilibrium; Experiments; Game theory; Mixed strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005644484     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(00)00102-5     Document Type: Article

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