Showing 1 - 10 of 1,735
with a finite decision. This paper suggests that this agonistic approach needs de-cisions or simply put, temporary … decisions drawn from seeing a decision as a solution for now. A de-cision is not a no-decision, but a decision recognised as … planning process from being a matter of reaching a finite decision to a strife about how to understand the present and which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442545
. Besides making choices, decision makers have to state their first- and second-order beliefs. We find that teams play the Nash …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294792
We examine the strategic sophistication of adolescents, aged 10 to 17 years, in experimental normal-form games. Besides making choices, subjects have to state their first- and second-order beliefs. We find that choices are more often a best reply to beliefs if any player has a dominant strategy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294813
actors. While such an analysis informs us about the authority structure within an organization, it ignores the decision …-making mechanisms completely. The few studies which take into account the decision-making mechanisms make all use of adaptations of well … a class of decision-making mechanisms which allow certain actors to terminate a decision before all other members have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325906
Car owners are liable for property damage inflicted on other motorists. In most countries such liability must be insured by law. That law may favor expensive or heavy vehicles, prone to suffer or inflict large losses. This paper explores links between liability rules and vehicle choice. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333956
This paper uses the example of an exam to model multi-dimensional search under a deadline. When the dimension is two, an order-invariance property allows simple characterization of the optimal search policy. Behavior is shown to be highly sensitive to changes in the deadline, and a wide variety...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011940733
The paper reports laboratory experiments on a day-to-day route choice game with two routes. Subjects had to choose between a main road M and a side road S. The capacity was greater for the main road. 18 subjects participated in each session. In equilibrium the number of subjects is 12 on M and 6...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263079
Many successful franchise chains directly own a positive fraction of stores --- a structure referred to as plural form. We propose that this ownership structure is chosen as a commitment not to expropriate franchisees. The theoretical model is based on an empirical analysis of contract and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264919
Lecture audiences and students were asked to respond to virtual decision and game situations at gametheory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266290