In Search of Experimental Support for an Asymmetric Equilibria Solution in Symmetric Investment Games: A Reply
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in Symmetric Investment Games: A Reply Amnon Rapoport and Wilfred Amaldoss Abstract In one of their experimental studies, Rapoport and Amaldoss (2000) evaluate the behavior of subjects in a two-person investment game with symmetric players using the symmetric (completely) mixed-strategy equilibrium solution as the normative benchmark. Dechenaux et al. (2005) claim additional support for an alternating (asymmetric) equilibria solution. However, both aggregate and individual level analyses of our data soundly reject the asymmetric alternating equilibria solution.
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