Playing Cournot although they shouldn't: Endogenous timing in experimental duopolies with asymmetric cost

Economic Theory

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 669-677

  Fonseca, Miguel A ^a   Huck, Steffen ^b   Normann, Hans Theo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Endogenous timing; Experimental economics; Risk dominance; Stackelberg

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244433215     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-003-0456-2     Document Type: Article

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