Testing the TASP: an experimental investigation of learning in games with unstable equilibria

DOI10.1016/j.jet.2010.08.011zbMath1203.91049MaRDI QIDQ617681

Sumit K. Garg

Publication date: 13 January 2011

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2010.08.011

zbMATH Keywords

learning; experiments; fictitious play; games; mixed equilibrium; unstable; TASP

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91A26: Rationality and learning in game theory

91A90: Experimental studies

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