Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51900 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5862
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine rational learning among expert chess players and how they update their beliefs in repeated games with the same opponent. We present a model that explains how equilibrium play is affected when players change their choice of strategy when receiving additional information from each encounter. We employ a large international panel dataset with controls for risk preferences and playing skills whereby the latter accounts for ability. Although expert chess players are intelligent, productive and equipped with adequate data and specialized computer programs, we find large learning effects. Moreover, as predicted by the model, risk-averse players learn substantially faster.
Subjects: 
rational learning
risk aversion
beliefs
JEL: 
C73
D83
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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