Cooperative solution in a Hawk-Dove game
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2015-01
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This paper reexamines the equilibrium solutions of the typical Hawk-Dove game that is commonly used in the analysis of conflict. Consistent with recent empirical studies, I show that the cooperative solution (Dove, Dove) can be reached by players interacting with a fixed number of neighbours in a space. This presents another way to avoid the idea of Nash equilibrium in the single one-period game. I introduce here a cooperation stability threshold a such that when reached, the cooperative equilibrium (Dove, Dove) is sustainable.