optimal for the seller to do away with any matching considerations and allocate the contract on the basis of price alone. If … matching is sufficiently important to the seller, the optimal mechanism may be implemented without commitment. However, if … matching is not sufficiently important, the seller suffers a loss when he is unable to commit. The magnitude of this loss …

In many auctions, matching between the bidder and seller raises the value of the contract for both parties. However … depresses bids. The more matching matters, the greater the penalty associated with observing the matches. …

, like 2x2 games, Cournot duopoly, price competition, rent seeking, public goods games, common pool resource games, minimum …

simultaneous matching in discrete time) replicate previous results that exhibit weak or no cycles. After correcting two …

thesis makes two distinct contributions in the field of learning game theory and one in the field of evolutionary game theory … tractability, and also to illustrate, complement and extend various analytical derivations. The two extensions to learning game … one of two alternative decision-making processes –case-based reasoning or reinforcement learning– that have received …