Equilibrium play in large group market entry games

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-141

  Rapoport, Amnon ^a   Seale, Darryl A ^a   Erev, Ido ^a   Sundali, James A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adaptive Learning Models; Coordination Behavior; Experimental Economics; Games with Multiple Equilibria; Market Entry Games

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ADAPTIVE LEARNING MODELS; COORDINATION BEHAVIORS; MARKET ENTRY GAMES;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 0031654998     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.1.119     Document Type: Article

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