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Experimental games turned out to be remarkably productive tools for examining the nature of social preferences and social norms. This paper describes the methods and tools of experimental game theory and provides a selection of games that have been useful. We also discuss the role of...
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The results of a new experimental study reveal highly systematic violations of expected utility theory. The pattern of these violations is exactly the opposite of the classical common ratio effect discovered by Allais (1953). Two recent decision theories— stochastic expected utility theory...
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There is abundant evidence that many individuals violate the rationality assumptions routinely made in economics …. However, powerful evidence also indicates that violations of individual rationality do not necessarily refute the aggregate … predictions of standard economic models that assume full rationality of all agents. Thus, a key question is how the interactions …
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as cumulative prospect theory. Based on a laboratory experiment with real monetary incentives, we show that incidental …
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laboratory experiment in which the choice of the job charac- teristics (i.e., the mission) is part of the compensation package …
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This paper analyzes responsibility attributions for outcomes of collective decision making processes. In particular, we ask if decision makers are blamed for being pivotal if they implement an unpopular outcome in a sequential voting process. We conduct an experimental voting game in which...
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We conducted an experiment with 182 inmates from a maximum security prison to analyze the impact of criminal identity …. This effect is specific to individuals who have a criminal identity, because an additional placebo experiment shows that …
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-play messages. In a laboratory experiment, we modify communication by making the sending of messages optional and costly. Even small …
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Previous experimental work provides encouraging support for some of the central assumptions underlying Hart and Moore (2008)’s theory of contractual reference points. However, existing studies ignore realistic aspects of trading relationships such as informal agreements and ex post...
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compatible mechanism is used. Their confidence in own knowledge does not depend on their attitude towards risk/ambiguity. …
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