On the Centipede Game

Robert J. Aumann*

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Abstract

In Rosenthal's Centipede Game, if at the start of play it is commonly known that the players will choose rationally at vertices that are actually reached, then the backward induction outcome results; that is, the first player "goes out" at the first move.Journal of Economic LiteratureClassification Numbers: C72, C73, D82.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)97-105
Number of pages9
JournalGames and Economic Behavior
Volume23
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1998

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