Evolutionary stability and Nash equilibrium in finite populations, with an application to price competition

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 472-488

  Ania, Ana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bertrand oligopoly; Evolutionary stability; Imitation; Learning; Price competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149117034     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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