This paper considers a two-player game of strategic experimentation with competition. Each agent faces a two-armed bandit problem where she continually chooses between her private risky arm and a common, safe arm. Each agent has exclusive access to her private arm. However, the common arm can...

We analyze a model in which individuals have hereditary reproductive types. The reproductive value of an individual is determined by her reproductive type and the amount of resources she can access. We introduce the possibility of suicide and assume it is also a genetic trait that interacts with...

This paper analyses a stopping game in which two players choose between learning about the quality of their private risky arm, and competing for the use of a single shared safe option. A player whose risky arm produces a success stops competing for the safe option. We assume that each player...