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Multiple behavioral rules in Cournot oligopolies

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2020
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Alós-Ferrer, C., & Ritschel, A. (2020). Multiple behavioral rules in Cournot oligopolies (No. 331; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics). https://www.econ.uzh.ch/en/research/workingpapers.html?paper-id=1010

Abstract

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Abstract

We study intra-individual behavioral heterogeneity in an experimental Cournot oligopoly. Previous empirical results in this setting have demonstrated convergence to competitive outcomes, in agreement with theoretical predictions assuming that players imitate successful opponents. We postulate that players sometimes rely on imitation of successful behavior, and sometimes best reply to the actions of others. Testable predictions are obtained from a model allowing for multiple behavioral rules which accounts for differences in the cognit

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Working paper series / Department of Economics

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Working Paper

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C72
C91
D91

Keywords

Cournot oligopoly, imitation, best reply, multiple behavioral rules, Verhaltensökonomie, Oligopol, Entscheidungsfindung, Nachahmung

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Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)

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English

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2020-07

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2019-07-30

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33

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1664-705X

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Revised version

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Green

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merlin-id:18366

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76 since deposited on 2019-07-30
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139 since deposited on 2019-07-30
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Alós-Ferrer, C., & Ritschel, A. (2020). Multiple behavioral rules in Cournot oligopolies (No. 331; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics). https://www.econ.uzh.ch/en/research/workingpapers.html?paper-id=1010

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