Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis
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- Gill, David & Prowse, Victoria L., 2014. "Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers 8236, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- David Gill & Victoria Prowse, 2014. "Cognitive ability, character skills, and learning to play equilibrium: A level-k analysis," Economics Series Working Papers 712, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
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- C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
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