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A new relative skill measure for games with chance elements

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  • Marcel Dreef

    (Center and Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

  • Peter Borm

    (Center and Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

  • Ben van der Genugten

    (Center and Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Tilburg University, The Netherlands)

Abstract

An interesting aspect of games is the relative extent to which a player can positively influence his results by making appropriate strategic choices. This question is closely related to the issue of how to distinguish between games of skill and games of chance. The distinction between these two types of games is definitely interesting from a juridical point of view. In this paper we present a modification of an existing measure of the skill level of a game, which has served as a juridical tool for the classification of games. The main difference is that this new definition does not automatically classify incomplete information games without chance moves as games of skill. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Marcel Dreef & Peter Borm & Ben van der Genugten, 2004. "A new relative skill measure for games with chance elements," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 25(5), pages 255-264.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:mgtdec:v:25:y:2004:i:5:p:255-264
    DOI: 10.1002/mde.1147
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    1. Peter Borm & Ben Genugten, 2001. "On a relative measure of skill for games with chance elements," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 9(1), pages 91-114, June.
    2. Marcel Dreef & Peter Borm, 2006. "On the role of chance moves and information in two-person games," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 14(1), pages 75-98, June.
    3. Patrick Larkey & Joseph B. Kadane & Robert Austin & Shmuel Zamir, 1997. "Skill in Games," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 43(5), pages 596-609, May.
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    3. Duersch, Peter & Lambrecht, Marco & Oechssler, Joerg, 2020. "Measuring skill and chance in games," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).
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    5. Hendrickx, R.L.P. & Borm, P.E.M. & van der Genugten, B.B. & Hilbers, P., 2008. "Measuring Skill in More-Person Games with Applications to Poker," Other publications TiSEM 2f1019be-50f8-4155-9592-f, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
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    7. Borm, P.E.M. & Dreef, M.R.M. & van der Genugten, B.B., 2004. "Measuring skill in games : Several approaches discussed," Other publications TiSEM 2e5d4c52-1421-4311-bb4a-c, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
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