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Rage against the machines: how subjects play against learning algorithms

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  • Peter Duersch

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  • Albert Kolb
  • Jörg Oechssler

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  • Burkhard Schipper

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Economic Theory.

Volume (Year): 43 (2010)
Issue (Month): 3 (June)
Pages: 407-430

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Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:43:y:2010:i:3:p:407-430

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Keywords: Learning; Fictitious play; Imitation; Reinforcement; Trial & error; Strategic teaching; Cournot duopoly; Experiments; Internet; C72; C91; C92; D43; L13;

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Cited by:
  1. Duersch, Peter & Oechssler, Jörg & Schipper, Burkhard C., 2010. "Unbeatable Imitation," Working Papers 0499, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics.
  2. Burkhard C. Schipper & Jörg Oechssler, 2008. "Incentives for Subjects in Internet Experiments," Working Papers 81, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics.
  3. Timothy N. Cason & Sau-Him Paul Lau & Vai-Lam Mui, 2011. "Learning, Teaching, and Turn Taking in the Repeated Assignment Game," Purdue University Economics Working Papers 1267, Purdue University, Department of Economics.
  4. Duersch, Peter & Oechssler, Jorg & Schipper, Burkhard C., 2011. "Once Beaten, Never Again: Imitation in Two-Player Potential Games," Working Papers 11-12, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics.
  5. Sanjit Dhami & ali al-Nowaihi, 2012. "Evidential equilibria in static games," Discussion Papers in Economics 12/15, Department of Economics, University of Leicester.
  6. Peter Duersch & Joerg Oechssler & Burkhard Schipper, 2013. "When is Tit-For-Tat unbeatable?," Working Papers 131, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics.
  7. Ralph-C Bayer & Elke Renner & Rupert Sausbruber, 2012. "Confusion and Learning in the Voluntary Contributions Game," Discussion Papers 2012-18, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.

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