Learning to disagree in a game of experimentation

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 169, Issue , 2017, Pages 234-269

  Bonatti, Alessandro ^a   Hörner, Johannes ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay; Experimentation; Free riding; Mixed strategies; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013891299     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2017.02.007     Document Type: Article

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