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When and why? A critical survey on coordination failure in the laboratory

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Andreas Ortmann ()

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Volume (Year): 10 (2007)
Issue (Month): 3 (September)
Pages: 331-344
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Keywords: Coordination games Pareto-ranked equilibria Payoff-asymmetric equilibria Stag-hunt games Optimization incentives Robustness Coordination Coordination failure C72 C92

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  1. Giovanna Devetag & Andreas Ortmann, 2006. "When and Why? A Critical Survey on Coordination Failure in the Laboratory," CEEL Working Papers 0605, Computable and Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia. [Downloadable!]
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