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A Note on Best Response Dynamics

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We investigate the relationship between the continuous time best response dynamic, its perturbed version and evolutionary dynamics in relation to mixed strategy equilibria. We find that as the level of noise approaches zero, the perturbed best response dynamic has the same quantitative properties as a broad class of evolutionary dynamics. That is, stability properties of equilibria are robust across learning dynamics of quite different origins and motivations.

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  • Ed Hopkins, 1997. "A Note on Best Response Dynamics," Edinburgh School of Economics Discussion Paper Series 3, Edinburgh School of Economics, University of Edinburgh.
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    games; learning; evolution; mixed strategies;
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    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness

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