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Are the Treasures of Game Theory Ambiguous?

Eichberger, Jürgen; Kelsey, David - Alfred-Weber-Institut für Sozial- und …; … - 2008

behaviour in experiments. For other payoff parameters, however,actual behaviour deviates consistently from that predicted by …

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Coordination after gains andlosses: Is prospect theory’s valuefunction predictive for games?

Schade, Christian; Schröder, Andreas; Krause, Kai Oliver - Universität <Berlin, Humboldt-Universität> / … - 2010

rivalry in our incentivized experiments. Females alsochose to play far more mixed strategies than males indicating some …Wir präsent ieren eine Verhaltensvariante der Spieltheorie, die auf der Wertfunktion der Prospekttheorie …

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Risk Taking in Winner-Take-AllCompetition

Kräkel, Matthias; Nieken, Petra; Przemeck, Judith - Universität <Bonn> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher … - 2008

game is solved theoreticallyand then tested by using laboratory experiments. We find threeeffects that determine risk …

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(Un)Reliable Concessions in Static andDynamic Bargaining Experiments

Fischer, Sven; González Morales, Luis G.; Güth, Werner - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - Abteilung … - 2005

A two-persons bargaining problem often consists of initially incompatible demands that can be unilaterally reduced by sequential concessions. In a 2 x 2 x 2-factorial design we distinguish between reliable and unreliable concessions, between a static and dynamic settings and between symmetric...

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Inequality Aversion in Ultimatum Gameswith Asymmetric Conflict Payoffs

Fischer, Sven - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - Abteilung … - 2005

. Overall, observed behavior gives rise to a context dependent interpretation of inequality aversion and to Knez andCamerer …'s 1995 observation that subjects form `egocentric assessments of fairness'. …

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Strategic Delay and Rational Imitation in the Laboratory

Ziegelmeyer, Anthony; Boun My, Kene; VERGNAUD, JEAN; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - Abteilung …

This paper investigates market failures due to strategic delays. We test experimentally a discrete model of dynamic investment, where two privately informed agents have an option to invest at the time of their choice in the presence of waiting costs. The equilibrium outcome of ourexperimental...

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How to Preserve a Fortune: An Experimental Comparison of Foundations and Direct Transfers to the Heir

Güth, Werner; Koschmieder, Kurt-Dieter; Levati, Maria … - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von …

Direct transfers allow heirs to freely use what has been passed on to them. Bequeathers who do not trust their descendants to make proper use of the fortune may prefer investing it in a safe foundation, thereby limiting their descendants’ autonomy. In our study we compare experimentally these...

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Cooperative Networks: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Pantz, Katinka; Ziegelmeyer, Anthony - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - Abteilung …

the results of two experiments. The ¯rst implemented environmentfollows the standard procedures for the voluntary … suf-¯cient to induce cooperative outcomes. In the second experiment we introduce the pairwisecommitment mechanism and we … observe aggregate cooperation rates beyond those observedin the ¯rst experiment whatever the monitoring cost but also beyond …

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“One Man, One Dollar”?Examining the equalization argument in support ofcampaign contribution limits

Vanberg, Christoph - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - Abteilung … - 2005

Arguably the most important campaign finance regulations in U.S. federal elections are limitsimposed on the amount that an individual or organization may donate to a federal campaign. Suchcontribution limits are advocated on two separate grounds. The first is that they prevent corruption,the...

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Bribery and Public Procurement–An Experimental Study–

Büchner, Susanne; Freytag, Andreas; González Morales, … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - Abteilung … - 2006

provider.The optimal bids and bribes are derived based on an iid private costassumption. In the experiment, bribes are …

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