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Public Opinion behind the Deterrence: An Evolutionary Game Theoretic Study of the Israeli Policy towards Lebanon

Hamanaka, Shingo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

defense policy in the rational framework of deterrence strategy. I chose the evolutionary game theory approach as my research … method. My study yielded the following result: the deterrence is not stable when the aggression level of the defenders is … substantial number of supporters who hoped to restore the deterrence. This study concludes that the Israelis exhibited strong …

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The Paradox of Misaligned Profiling: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Holt, Charles; Kydd, Andrew; Razzolini, Laura; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper implements an experimental test of a game-theoretic model of equilibrium profiling. Attackers choose a demographic “type” from which to recruit, and defenders choose which demographic types to search. Some types are more reliable than others in the sense of having a higher...

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Individual Learning : Theory Formation, and Feedback in a Complex Task

Lanteri, Alessandro; Novarese, Marco - 2007

We present an experiment for the study of learning in a complex task which requires both memorisation and the ability … the end of the experiment) the subjects start refining them to include a larger subset of the information, this causes …

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When Identifying Contributors is Costly: An Experiment on Public Goods

Samek, Anya; Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

information is costly, which may discourage people from accessing it. We design a public goods experiment in which participants …

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Principal-Agent Settings with Random Shocks

Rubin, Jared; Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

Using a gift exchange experiment, we show that the ability of reciprocity to overcome incentive problems inherent in …

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Ultimata bargaining: generosity without social motives

Breitmoser, Yves; Tan, Jonathan H.W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

We show and explain how generosity beyond that explainable by social preferences can manifest in bargaining. We analyze an ultimata game with two parties vying to coalesce with a randomly chosen proposer. They simultaneously demand shares of the surplus. The proposer must then make an offer that...

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Beliefs and (In)Stability in Normal-Form Games

Hyndman, Kyle; Terracol, Antoine; Vaksmann, Jonathan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

In this paper, we use experimental data to study players' stability in normal-form games where subjects have to report beliefs and to choose actions. Subjects saw each of 12 games four times in a regular or isomorphic form spread over two days without feedback. We document a high degree of...

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