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Evidence suggests that whether or not people dislike lying is situation-dependent. We argue that the theory of simple guilt can accommodate this well.
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outcome] conveys no information about what the players will do." Harsanyi and Selten (1988) cite this example as an … of B moves is only 35%. I also test a hypothesis that the order of the action and the signal affects the results, finding …
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We examine, experimentally and theoretically, how communication within a partnership may mitigate the problem (highlighted in contract theory) of hidden action. What is the form and content of the communication? Which model of decision-making can capture the impact of communication? We consider...
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, information may be transmitted only through word-of-mouth, as is often the case for job openings, business opportunities, and … confidential transactions. Bargaining can be considered to occur over a network that summarizes the structure of linkages among … people. We conduct an alternating-offer bargaining experiment using separate simple networks, which are then joined during …
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This paper is a survey of the work in the Nash program for coalitional games, a research agenda proposed by Nash (1953) to bridge the gap between the non-cooperative and cooperative approaches to game theory. (Copyright: Fundación SEPI)
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Previous studies have found evidence of a self-serving bias in bargaining and dispute resolution. We use experimental … data to test for this effect in a simulated labor relatonship. We find a consistent discrepancy between employer beliefs …
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consequence, even though firms in our experiment tended to compress wages when wages became public information, this did not raise …
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We examine factors that may contribute to 'overconfidence' in relative ability on an intelligence test. We test … the information does not involve own relative ability, but far more common when it does, suggesting self-esteem issues …
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to test the benefits of externally imposed deadlines and how willpower depletion affects behavior, providing some of the …
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