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Sophisticated imitation in cyclic games

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Josef Hofbauer () (Department of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Strudlhofgasse 4, A-1090 Wien, Austria)
Karl H. Schlag () (Economics Department, European University Institute, Via dei Roccettini 9, 50016 San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy)

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Individuals belonging to two large populations are repeatedly randomly matched to play a cyclic $2\times 2$ game such as Matching Pennies. Between matching rounds, individuals sometimes change their strategy after observing a finite sample of other outcomes within their population. Individuals from the same population follow the same behavioral rule. In the resulting discrete time dynamics the unique Nash equilibrium is unstable. However, for sample sizes greater than one, we present an imitation rule where long run play cycles closely around the equilibrium.

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Journal of Evolutionary Economics.

Volume (Year): 10 (2000)
Issue (Month): 5 ()
Pages: 523-543
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Keywords: Strictly improving - Matching pennies game - Replicator dynamics - Limit cycle - Discretization;

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  1. Ana B. Ania, 2000. "Learning by Imitation when Playing the Field," Vienna Economics Papers 0005, University of Vienna, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  2. Lipatov, Vilen, 2003. "Evolution of Tax Evasion," MPRA Paper 966, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 06 Dec 2005. [Downloadable!]
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