Learning, information, and sorting in market entry games: Theory and evidence

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-62

  Duffy, John ^a   Hopkins, Ed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiments; Fictitious play; Market entry games; Reinforcement learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644442981     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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