We examine the force of three types of behavioral dynamics in quantity-setting triopoly experiments:mimicking the …

We examine the force of three types of behavioral dynamics in quantity-setting triopoly experiments: <OL> <LI …

We examine the force of three types of behavioral dynamics in quantity-setting triopoly experiments:mimicking the …

We introduce a generalized theoretical approach to study imitation and subject it to rigorous experimental testing. In … our theoretical analysis we find that the different predictions of previous imitation models are due to different … laboratory experiment we test the different theories by systematically varying information conditions. We find significant …

We introduce a generalized theoretical approach to study imitation models and subject themodels to rigorous … experimental testing. In our theoretical analysis we find that the differentpredictions of previous imitation models are due to …. In alaboratory experiment we test the different theories by systematically varying informationconditions. We find that …

A well-known result by Vega-Redondo implies that in symmetric Cournot oligopoly, imitation leads to the Walrasian … actions will be played some fraction of the time in the long run. We then conduct experiments to check this fragility. We …

We explore the stability of imitation in a 1,200-period experimental Cournot game where subjects do not know the payoff …Wir untersuchen die Stabilität von Imitationsverhalten in einem experimentellen Cournot-Oligopol mit 1.200 Perioden, in … daher die Notwendigkeit einer neuen Theorie über die Entstehung von Kooperation nahe. …

The paper presents the concept of an imitation equilibrium and explores it in the context of some simple oligopoly … be suitable for imitation for various reasons. Only one of the most successful of the remaining members of the reference … group is imitated. Imitation is the adoption of the imitated player's strategy. Imitation equilibrium does not only mean …

cost, and without bearing innovation risk. We model the situation as a game and test it in the lab. We find even more … givingimitators a free lunch does not have a chilling effect on innovation. -- innovation ; imitation ; appropriation ; patent …

innovators’ sensitivity to fairness; imitators get a free lunch, after all. We model the situation as a game and test it in the … spills over to an outsider, and if successful imitation reduces the innovator’s profit. Post-experimental tests and the …