Checkmate: Exploring backward induction among chess players

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 975-990

  Levitt, Steven D ^a   List, John A ^a,b   Sadoff, Sally E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 79955004103     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.2.975     Document Type: Article

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