Imitation-theory and experimental evidence

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 217-235

  Apesteguia, Jose ^a   Huck, Steffen ^b   Oechssler, Jörg ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cournot markets; Evolutionary game theory; Experiments; Imitation; Information; Simulations; Stochastic stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548025847     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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