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John Broome and Włodek Rabinowicz Backwards induction in the centipede game article In centipede games, the backwards induction argument is valid and leads to the conclusion that the game will end at the first move.

Backwards induction in the centipede game

John Broome and Włodek Rabinowicz

Analysis, vol. 59, no. 4, 1999, pp. 237–242

Abstract

In centipede games, the backwards induction argument is valid and leads to the conclusion that the game will end at the first move.

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