The variable frame theory of focal points: An experimental study

DOI10.1006/GAME.1997.0546zbMath0872.90152OpenAlexW2140932709MaRDI QIDQ1359005

Michele Bernasconi, Michael Bacharach

Publication date: 24 June 1997

Published in: Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/game.1997.0546

zbMATH Keywords

games with multiple equilibriavariable frame theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Game theory (91A99)

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