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Finding the key: The riddle of focal points

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  • Sugden, Robert
  • Zamarron, Ignacio E.

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Volume (Year): 27 (2006)
Issue (Month): 5 (October)
Pages: 609-621

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Handle: RePEc:eee:joepsy:v:27:y:2006:i:5:p:609-621
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  1. Sugden, Robert, 1995. "A Theory of Focal Points," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 105(430), pages 533-550, May.
  2. Nash, John, 1950. "The Bargaining Problem," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 18(2), pages 155-162, April.
  3. Colin F. Camerer & Teck-Hua Ho & Juin-Kuan Chong, 2004. "A Cognitive Hierarchy Model of Games," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 119(3), pages 861-898.
  4. Maarten Janssen, 2001. "Rationalizing Focal Points," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 50(2), pages 119-148, March.
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