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On the Evolution of Attitudes Towards Risk in Winner-Take-All Games

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Dekel, E.
Scotchmer, S.

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A long-standing conjecture is that winner-take-all games such as patent races lead to the survival of risk-takers and the extinction of risk-averters. In many species a winner-take-all game determines the males' right to reproduce, and the same argument suggests that males will evolve to be risk-takers. Psychological and sociological evidence buttresses the argument that males are more risk-taking than females. Using an evolutionary model of preference-formation, we investigate to what extent evolution leads to risk-taking in winner-take-all environments.

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Paper provided by Tel Aviv in its series Papers with number 4-99.

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Keywords: GAME THEORY ; BEHAVIOUR ; RISK;

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C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General
D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

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