Hide and Seek in Arizona

Laboratory subjects repeatedly played one of two variations of a simple two-person zero-sum game of pursuit and evasion. Three puzzling departures from the prescriptions of equilibrium theory are found in the data: an asymmetry related to the player's role in the game; an asymmetry across the game variations; and positive serial correlation in subjects' play. Possible explanations for these departures are considered.

By: Robert W. Rosenthal, Jason Shachat, Mark Walker

Published in: RC22451 in 2002

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