An experimental study of mixed strategy equilibria in simultaneous price-quantity games
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Keywords
Price-Quantity Competition; Mixed Strategy Equilibria; Experimental Economics; Learning Direction Theory;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2012-09-16 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-EXP-2012-09-16 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2012-09-16 (Game Theory)
- NEP-HPE-2012-09-16 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
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