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-of-thumb?approximation to optimal behavior by trial-and-error methods as Friedman (1953) proposed long ago We find that such individual learning …
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The use of coarse categories is prevalent in various situations and has been linked to biased economic outcomes, ranging from discrimination against minorities to empirical anomalies in financial markets. In this paper we study economic rationales for categorizing coarsely. We think of the way...
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benefits and limitations of central bank communications in a model of imperfect knowledge and learning. It is shown that the …
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Bertrand solution does not predict well when the number of competitors is two, but after some opportunities for learning are …
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intuitively appealing explanation, based on regime switching in the real interest rate and learning, of why tests based on the …
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learnable by several models of learning, such as adaptive and sophisticated learning (Milgrom and Roberts 1991), calibrated … learning (Foster and Vohra 1996), and reasonable learning (Friedman and Shenker 1997). Thus, using these methods one can …
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This paper describes the results of simulation experiments performed on a suite of learning algorithms. We focus on … be extremely asynchronous; players update their strategies at very different rates. There are many proposed learning … information, asynchronous play, and the degree of responsiveness of the learning algorithm. …
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We address the problem of learning and implementation on the Internet. When agents play repeated games in distributed … the essential properties that constitute ``reasonable'' learning behavior in distributed environments. We then study the …
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under debate. Retention may aect learning, cognitive and psychologicalcapacities, educational attainment and the lifetime … studentpsychological traits, and overall learning experience. …
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This paper offers an ambiguity-based interpretation of variance premium - the difference between risk-neutral and objective expectations of market return variance - as a compounding effect of both belief distortion and variance differential regarding the uncertain economic regimes. Our approach...
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