We study a linear public goods game using an inter-generational approach. Subjects in one generation leave advice for the succeeding generation via free-form messages. Such advice can be private knowledge (advice left by one player in generation t is given only to his or her immediate successor...

Existing theoretical models of land tenancy predict that more experienced workers will be offered tenancy contracts while the less experienced ones will be offered wage contracts. Using data from three Indian villages we map from the set of agent and plot-level characteristics to the set of...

1. Prologue -- 2. Gut feelings: Biases, heuristics and Covid-19 -- 3. Pathogens and probabilities -- 4. Should we trust people to do the right thing? -- 5. Politics, pathogens and party lines -- 6. Irrational exuberance in the midst of Covid-19 -- 7. Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.

chapter 1 Introduction Appendix: a very brief and very simple introduction to game -- chapter 2 Part 2: The ultimatum game -- chapter 3 Part 3: Trust and trustworthiness in everyday life -- chapter 4 Part 4: Cooperation in social dilemmas -- chapter 5 I will if you will: resolving coordination...

We compare coordination success of individuals and teams in the minimum effort coordination game. The game is played by groups of either five individuals or five two-person teams with either fixed or random re-matching protocols. When groups are fixed, teams perform at least as well as...

We explore gender differences in trust and trustworthiness between male and female individuals and groups consisting of two members of the same sex to understand if single sex groups behave differently from individuals of the same sex. We find some differences in the early rounds such as: (i)...

We develop a formal model to explain the existence of dual distribution in franchising by assuming variations in location profitability. We posit that location quality dictates the choice between franchising and company ownership. We analyze the contract choice problem when location quality is...

This paper examines cultural differences in individual decision-making in a corruption game. We define culture as an individual's accumulated experience, shaped by the social, institutional, and economic aspects of the environment in which the individual lives. Based on experiments run in...