The absent-minded centipede

被引:7
作者
Dulleck, U [1 ]
Oechssler, J [1 ]
机构
[1] HUMBOLDT UNIV BERLIN,DEPT ECON,D-1086 BERLIN,GERMANY
关键词
imperfect recall; absent-mindedness; centipede game; bounded rationality;
D O I
10.1016/S0165-1765(97)00090-6
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
In this note we apply the notion of absent-mindedness (see Piccione and Rubinstein, 1994), which is a form of imperfect recall, to the Rosenthal (1981) centipede game. We show that for standard versions of the centipede game a subgame perfect equilibrium exists in which play is continued almost to the end if one player is known to be absent-minded. In fact, it is sufficient that one player is known to be absent-minded with sufficiently high probability. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.
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页码:309 / 315
页数:7
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