On the neutral stability of mixed strategies in asymmetric contests

被引:3
作者
Bhaskar, V [1 ]
机构
[1] DELHI SCH ECON, DELHI, INDIA
关键词
evolutionary game theory; instability of mixed strategies;
D O I
10.1016/0165-4896(95)00797-0
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Although a mixed strategy can never be evolutionary stable in a truly asymmetric contest, examples show that mixed strategies can satisfy the weaker criterion of neutral stability. This paper shows that such examples are rare, and, generically, a mixed strategy is unstable. We apply our result to the battle of the sexes between males and females over the raising of offspring.
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页码:273 / 284
页数:12
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