Oligopoly experimentation of learning with simulated markets

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 333-355

  García Gallego, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive learning; Bertrand Nash equilibrium; C72; C9; Cooperative solution; L1; Least squares learning; Price adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040691352     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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