An experimental study of costly coordination

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 349-364

  Goeree, Jacob K ^a   Holt, Charles A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination games; Logit equilibrium; Out of sample prediction; Stochastic potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 18644372235     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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