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Differences in cognitive sophistication and effort are at the root of behavioral heterogeneity in economics. To explain this heterogeneity, behavioral models assume that certain choices indicate higher cognitive effort. A fundamental problem with this approach is that observing a choice does not...
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, and deliberation times. In an experimental test, the predicted relations are readily observed in the data, but only when …
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We study intra-individual behavioral heterogeneity in an experimental Cournot oligopoly. Previous empirical results in this setting have demonstrated convergence to competitive outcomes, in agreement with theoretical predictions assuming that players imitate successful opponents. We postulate...
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bargaining protocol. Subjects buy commodities that have different private values with assets that have common values and can be … subject to a private information problem. The asset plays the role of a medium of exchange, but this role can be affected by … its lack of "recognizability." We study a benchmark experiment where the OTC bargaining game takes place under complete …
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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 expost renegotiation....
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We introduce a simple two-stage game of endogenous network formation and information sharing for reasoning about the … between targeted and collective information sharing. Agents value being connected to other agents and sharing and receiving … information. We consider multiple utility specifications. We show that the game always has an equilibrium in pure strategies and …
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unique pure-strategy Nash equilibrium in rent-seeking games of complete information. In this paper, we generalize their … results to contests with incomplete informa tion. Two assumptions are imposed on the information structure. First, the players …
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(ERA) is a first-price auction in which truthful bidding is encouraged by bonus payments. We test the robustness property …
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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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spite extends to the seller. We experimentally test the model predictions by exogenously varying the presence of human …
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