Hörner, Johannes, Klein, Nicolas and Rady, Sven (2022) Overcoming Free-Riding in Bandit Games. Review of Economic Studies, 89 (4). pp. 1948-1992.

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Identification Number : 10.1093/restud/rdab078

Abstract

This article considers a class of experimentation games with Lévy bandits encompassing those of Bolton and Harris (1999, Econometrica, 67, 349–374) and Keller, Rady, and Cripps (2005, Econometrica, 73, 39–68). Its main result is that efficient (perfect Bayesian) equilibria exist whenever players’ payoffs have a diffusion component. Hence, the trade-offs emphasized in the literature do not rely on the intrinsic nature of bandit models but on the commonly adopted solution concept (Markov perfect equilibrium). This is not an artefact of continuous time: we prove that efficient equilibria arise as limits of equilibria in the discrete-time game. Furthermore, it suffices to relax the solution concept to strongly symmetric equilibrium.

Item Type: Article
Language: English
Date: July 2022
Refereed: Yes
Place of Publication: Kettering, UK
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 14 Sep 2023 07:40
Last Modified: 14 Sep 2023 07:41
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:128165
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/48025
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