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An experiment on non-zero sum Colonel Blotto games

Hortala-Vallve, Rafael; Llorente-Saguer, Aniol - 2015

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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Transparency and government reputation : an experiment on signaling

Otálvaro-Ramírez, Susana; Scartascini, Carlos G.; … - 2025

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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Local electoral rewards from centralized social programs : are mayors getting the credit?

Rodríguez-Chamussy, Lourdes - 2015

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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Individual characteristics and behavior in repeated games : an experimental study

Davis, Douglas; Ivanov, Asen; Korenok, Oleg - 2014

Using a laboratory experiment, we investigate whether a variety of behaviors in repeated games are related to an array of individual characteristics that are popular in economics: risk attitude, time preference, trust, trustworthiness, altruism, strategic skills in one-shot matrix games,...

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Aspects of behavior in repeated games : an experimental study

Davis, Douglas; Ivanov, Asen; Korenok, Oleg - 2014

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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Gender and the labor market : what have we learned from field and lab experiments?

Azmat, Ghazala; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2014

unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new …, the discrimination detected in field experiments is less pervasive than that implied by the regression approach …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …

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Competition and the role of group identity

Cornaglia, Francesca; Drouvelis, Michalis; Masella, Paolo - 2019

The emergence of competition is a defining aspect of human nature and characterizes many important social environments. However, its relationship with how social groups are formed has received little attention. We design an experiment to analyze how individuals' willingness to compete is...

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Competition and innovation : an experimental investigation

Sacco, Dario - 2007

The paper analyzes the effects of competitive intensity on firms' incentives to invest in process innovations through an experiment based on two-stage games, where R&D investment choices are followed by product market competition. An increase in the intensity of competition is modeled as an...

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All-Pay auctions with negative prize externalities : theory and experimental evidence

Sacco, Dario; Schmutzler, Armin - 2008

The paper characterizes the mixed-strategy equilibria in all-pay auctions with endogenous prizes that depend positively on own effort and negatively on the effort of competitors. Such auctions arise naturally in the context of investment games, lobbying games, and promotion tournaments. We also...

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Competition and innovation : an experimental investigation

Sacco, Dario; Schmutzler, Armin - 2008

carry out experiments based on two-stage games, where R&D investment choices are followed by product market competition. As …

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