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SUMMARY:Learning and Coordination in Networks - Mengel Friederike\, Maastr
 icht University
DTSTART:20110215T140000Z
DTEND:20110215T150000Z
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CONTACT:Microsoft Research Cambridge Talks Admins
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will discuss the results of several experiment 
 we conducted to understand how people learn in network games and how this 
 affects coordination and equilibrium selection in networks. We also study 
 how network topology affects coordination and we show how this is connecte
 d to the participants' learning. In particular we find that most participa
 nts can be characterized by (myopic) best response learning\, but some par
 ticipants are forward looking. Network topology interacts with learning by
  affecting the stability of best responses. This in turn affects how succe
 sful coordination is and leads to a unique equilibrium selection in hetero
 genous networks.
LOCATION:Small lecture theatre\, Microsoft Research Ltd\, 7 J J Thomson Av
 enue (Off Madingley Road)\, Cambridge
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