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We study a version of the Colonel Blotto game where valuations across battlefields are heterogeneous and asymmetric. These games can exhibit unique pure strategy equilibria, some of which are non-monotonic with respect to the battlefield valuations. We test our theoretical predictions in the...
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supported in equilibrium by the largest set of beliefs. We conduct experiments to test the predictive power of the existing and …
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Transparency initiatives are well-known tools to foster trust and empower citizens. To explain why some governments introduce them but others do not, we model these initiatives as a signal that complements the information provided by visible government performance and conduct a randomized survey...
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This paper uses variation in the timing of the Mexican antipoverty program's introduction across municipalities to identify its impact on the share of votes for the local incumbent party. Evidence is found that voters reward the mayor's party for the central benefit to their constituencies,...
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heterogeneous expectations in one-to-one matching models and voting models, and show that the relaxation of the hypothesis of common …
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We study the impact of loss-aversion and the threat of catastrophic damages, which we jointly call threshold concerns …, on international environmental agreements. We aim to understand whether a threshold for dangerous climate change is as an …), or low damages (gain domain). Under symmetry, that is when countries display identical degrees of threshold concern, we …
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This paper studies how competition between groups affects cooperation. In the control condition, pairs of subjects play an indefinitely repeated Prisoner's Dilemma game without external competition. In the treatment, two pairs compete against each other. No monetary rewards are tied to winning,...
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Pairwise stability (Jackson and Wolinsky, 1996) is the standard stability concept in network formation. It assumes myopic behavior of the agents in the sense that they do not forecast how others might react to their actions. Assuming that agents are farsighted, related stability concepts have...
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We introduce a novel approach to studying behavior in repeated games - one that is based on the psychology of play. Our approach is based on the following six "aspects" of a player's behavior: round-1 cooperation, lenience, forgiveness, loyalty, leadership, and following. Using a laboratory...
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We propose a theory-based experimental approach to compare the properties of approval voting (AV) with those of … voting. Finally, subjects' behavior under AV highlights the need to study equilibria in asymmetric strategies. …
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