Separating the hawks from the doves

Human players in our laboratory experiment converge closely to the symmetric mixed Nash equilibrium when matched in a single population version of the standard Hawk-Dove game. When matched across two populations, the same players show clear movement towards an asymmetric (and very inequitable) pure Nash equilibrium of the same game. These findings support a distinctive prediction of evolutionary game theory.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Henwood, Keith ; Friedman, Daniel ; Oprea, Ryan
Publisher:	Santa Cruz, CA : University of California, Economics Department
Subject:	Dynamisches Spiel \| Konflikt \| Evolutionäre Spieltheorie \| Test \| evolutionary dynamics \| Hawk-Dove game \| game theory \| laboratory experiment \| continuous time game

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Series:	Working Paper ; 658
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	616908881 [GVK] hdl:10419/64506 [Handle]
Classification:	C73 - Stochastic and Dynamic Games ; C92 - Laboratory; Group Behavior ; D74 - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances
Source:	EconStor

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