Relative versus absolute speed of adjustment in strategic environments: Responder behavior in ultimatum games

Experimental Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-207

  Cooper, David J ^a   Feltovich, Nick ^b   Roth, Alvin E ^c   Zwick, Rami ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Game Theory; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242685046     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025309121659     Document Type: Article

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