Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/130793 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 779
Publisher: 
Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance, London
Abstract: 
We study a version of the Colonel Blotto game where valuations across battlefields are heterogeneous and asymmetric. These games can exhibit unique pure strategy equilibria, some of which are non-monotonic with respect to the battlefield valuations. We test our theoretical predictions in the laboratory and find low initial levels of equilibrium play but substantial learning throughout the experiment. Learning is higher for games with monotonic equilibria. Finally, we find that deviations from equilibrium predictions benefit aggregate welfare.
Subjects: 
Colonel Blotto
Non-zero sum
Experiments
JEL: 
C92
D70
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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