书目名称 | Experimental Duopoly Markets with Demand Inertia |
副标题 | Game-Playing Experim |
编辑 | Claudia Keser |
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丛书名称 | Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems |
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描述 | This report portrays the results of experimental research on dynamic duopoly markets with demand inertia. Two methods of experimentation are studied: game-playing experiments where subjects interact spontaneously via computer terminals, and computer tournaments between strategies designed by subjects. The principal aim of this study is the understanding of boundedly rational decision making in the dynamic duopoly situation. 1. 1 Motivation The experiments examine a multistage duopoly game where prices in each period are the only decision variables. Sales depend on current prices and also on past sales (demand inertia). Applying the game-theoretic concept of subgame perfect equilibrium, the game is solved by backward induction. The result is a uniquely determined system of decision rules. However, we can hardly expect that human beings behave according to the equilibrium strategy of this game. It is unlikely that subjects are able to compute the equilibrium. And even if a subject is able to compute it, he might not make use of this knowledge. Only if he expects the others to behave according to the equilibrium, it is optimal for him to play the equilibrium strategy. We have evidence |
出版日期 | Book 1992 |
关键词 | Duopolmärkte; Duopoly Markets; Experimental Economics; Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung; Game Theory; |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48144-4 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-540-56090-6 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-642-48144-4Series ISSN 0075-8442 Series E-ISSN 2196-9957 |
issn_series | 0075-8442 |
copyright | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1992 |