Strategic Experimentation with Exponential Bandits.

We analyze a game of strategic experimentation with two-armed bandits whose risky arm might yield payoffs after exponentially distributed random times. Free-riding causes an inefficiently low level of experimentation in any equilibrium where the players use stationary Markovian strategies with belie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Keller, G, Rady, S, Cripps, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005