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We examine experimentally how humans behave when they play against a computer which implements its part of a mixed strategy Nash equilibrium. We consider two games, one zero-sum and another unprofitable with a pure minimax strategy. A minority of subjects' play was consistent with their Nash...
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between these states. We apply the model to data from an experiment in which human subjects repeatedly play a normal form game …
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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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environments, we use a laboratory experiment in which we form groups and assign leadership roles at random. We study an environment … behavior. Moreover, appointing leaders who are likely to have acted dishonestly in a preliminary stage of the experiment yields …
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-social acts? In a laboratory experiment, we find that third parties punish reluctantly: they state a preference to punish, but …
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strategic belief manipulation and a novel experiment in which we replicate Di Tella, et al.'s, experiment and also elicit the …
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We study the stability of voluntary cooperation in response to varying group growth rates. Using a laboratory public-good game, we construct a situation where increasing group size yields potential efficiency gains, but only with sustained cooperation. We then study the effect of exogenously...
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pivotal motivations in large elections. Model predictions are confirmed in a laboratory experiment and applied in a …
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We study whether one reason behind female underrepresentation in leadership is that female leaders are less effective at coordinating action by followers. Two experiments using coordination games investigate whether female leaders are less successful than males in persuading followers to...
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Coordination games have multiple equilibria under complete information. However, recent theoretical advances show that if players are uncertain but can acquire information about a payoff-relevant state of the world, the number of equilibria depends on whether they can implement strategies...
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