Evidence on the equivalence of the strategic and extensive form representation of games

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 290-308

  Cooper, David J ^a   Van Huyck, John B ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiment; Game theory; Strategic equivalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037672142     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0531(03)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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