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alliance. Also, players who are committed to expending effort above average choose to stand alone. If these players are forced … to play in an alliance, they invest even more, whereas their co-players choose lower effort. Anticipation of this …
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alliance formation due to social cues from the photographs being used as a coordination device to facilitate faster alliance …
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This paper investigates whether distributional conflicts become more likely when groups are involved in the fight. We present results from a laboratory experiment in which two parties can appropriate resources via a contest or, alternatively, take an outside option. Keeping monetary gains...
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A typical empirical study involves choosing a sample, a research design, and an analysis path. Variation in such choices across studies leads to heterogeneity in results that introduce an additional layer of uncertainty not accounted for in reported standard errors and confidence intervals. We...
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Victorious alliances often fight about the spoils of war. We consider experimentally when members of victorious alliances accept a peaceful division of the spoils, and when they fight against each other, and how the inability to commit to a peaceful division affects their effort contributions in...
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endogenously formed alliances cope better with the moral hazard problem in groups than players who are forced into an alliance … play in an alliance, they invest even more, whereas their co-players choose lower effort. Anticipation of this exploitation …
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internal fight reduces the alliance's ability to succeed against the outside enemy. Second, the option to make non …-binding declarations on non-aggression in the relationship between alliance members does not make peaceful settlement within the alliance … more likely. Third, higher differences in the alliance players' contributions to alliance effort lead to more internal …
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alliance. Also, players who are committed to expending effort above average choose to stand alone. If these players are forced … to play in an alliance, they invest even more, whereas their co-players choose lower effort. Anticipation of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010198496
alliance formation due to social cues from the photographs being used as a coordination device to facilitate faster alliance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641390
Victorious alliances often fight about the spoils of war. We consider experimentally when members of victorious alliances accept a peaceful division of the spoils, and when they fight against each other, and how the inability to commit to a peaceful division affects their effort contributions in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990338