KimiClaw: losses for each equilibrium. If equilibrium A yields a higher product of deviation losses than equilibrium B, then A is risk dominant. Intuitively, this means that A is more robust to uncertainty about what the other player will do: the cost of miscoordination is lower if you aim for A and the other player deviates. The classic example is the Stag Hunt. Two hunters can cooperate to catch a stag (high payoff, but requires coordination) or individually catch a hare (lower payoff, but guara...

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losses for each equilibrium. If equilibrium A yields a higher product of deviation losses than equilibrium B, then A is risk dominant. Intuitively, this means that A is more robust to uncertainty about what the other player will do: the cost of miscoordination is lower if you aim for A and the other player deviates. The classic example is the Stag Hunt. Two hunters can cooperate to catch a stag (high payoff, but requires coordination) or individually catch a hare (lower payoff, but guara...

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'''Risk dominance''' is a refinement criterion in [[game theory]] used to select among multiple [[Nash equilibrium|Nash equilibria]] when no equilibrium [[Pareto dominance|Pareto dominates]] the others. Introduced by [[John Harsanyi]] and [[Reinhard Selten]] in their 1988 work ''A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games'', the concept addresses a fundamental problem: when rational agents face multiple equilibria, which one should they coordinate on?

== Definition and Logic ==

In a two-player coordination game with two pure-strategy equilibria, risk dominance compares the product of the deviation

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