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Stochastic Learning in Co-ordination Games: a Simulation Approach

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  • Enrico Zaninotto

    () (DISA, Faculty of Economics, Trento University)

  • Alessandro Rossi
  • Loris Gaio

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In the presence of externalities, consumption behaviour depends on the solution of a co-ordination problem. In our paper we suggest a learning approach to the study of co-ordination in consumption contexts where agents adjust their choices on the basis of the reinforcement (payoff) they receive during the game. The results of simulations allowed us to distinguish the roles of different aspects of learning in enabling co-ordination within a population of agents. Our main results highlight: 1. the role played by the speed of learning in determining failures of the co-ordination process; 2. the effect of forgetting past experiences on the speed of the co-ordination process; 3. the role of experimentation in bringing the process of co-ordination into an efficient equilibrium.

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Paper provided by Department of Computer and Management Sciences, University of Trento, Italy in its series ROCK Working Papers with number 001.

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Length: 27 pages
Date of creation: Jan 1999
Date of revision: 21 May 1999
Handle: RePEc:trt:rockwp:001

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