Two are few and four are many: number effects in experimental oligopolies

2003/11/05 by Steffen Huck, Hans‐Theo Normann, Hans-Theo Normann +1 · 1 voice · 8 citations
Decision Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Economic theories and models #Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies #Game Theory and Applications

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2002.10.002

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Discussions

• result reminded me very much of this 20+ year-old #experimentalEconomics paper: "Two are few and four are many: number effects in experimental oligopolies" https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2002.10.002 [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]