Analyzing competing behaviors for graduate scholarship in China: An evolutionary game theory approach

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the gaming behaviors of graduates in scholarship competition in China by using an evolutionary game theory approach. It is found that graduates in the majors with a relatively small number of candidates and symmetric information tend to connive to equally share the fund of scholarship. However, graduates in the majors with a large number of students and asymmetric information attempt to compete for different level of financial support by differentiating their performance. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.