Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/85744 
Year of Publication: 
1997
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 97-091/1
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
This paper gives an overview of the literature on focal points. It starts with reviewing Schelling’s seminalbook The Strategy of Conflict.I then discuss the problems that have to be faced when incorporating thenotion of focal points in theory of games. Two recent approaches are discussed that deal with focalpoints. The eductive approach is static and concentrates on how players can use aymmetries in thedescriptions of strategies. The evolutive approach is dynamic and focuses in the adaptive behaviour ofplayers.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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