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to coordinate when they are given little in-formation, i.e. when subjects are uninformed about the payoff matrix and feed … information prior to playing the game changes subject behaviour and significantly improves performance, even though standard … adaptive learning rules do not take such information into account and optimal adaptive rules do not differ much between the two …
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Most economic models implicitly or explicitly assume that interactions between economic agents are 'global' - in other words, each agent interacts in a uniform manner with every other agent. However, localized interactions between microeconomic agents are a pervasive feature of reality. What are...
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In this paper we use a differential game analysis to study the dynamic strategic interaction between a criminal gang extorting money from local shop-owners and the local police force. In particular, we are interested in characterizing which factors are important in determining whether the...
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. On one hand, the pooling of information within bidding rings increases the precision of competing estimates. We … information is distributed. The experimental results are consistent with our theoretical predictions for different value and …
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degrees. When the decision maker consults only a single expert, the expert withholds substantial information from the decision …
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The recent literature on informational cascades has nurtured the impression that cascades can occur only if the action space is coarser than the signal space. In particular, it is sometimes claimed that with continuous action spaces cascades are impossible. In this note we present a simple...
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We show that, in repeated common interest games without discounting, strong `perturbation implies efficiency' results require that the perturbations must include strategies which are `draconian' in the sense that they are prepared to punish to the maximum extent possible. Moreover, there is a...
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We propose a continuum model for the description of buyer and seller dynamics in an Internet market. The relevant variables are the research effort of buyers and the sellers' reputation building process. We show that, if a commercial website gives consumers the possibility to rate credibly...
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Exploiting small uncertainties on the part of opponents, players in long, finitely repeated games can maintain false reputations that lead to a large variety of equilibrium outcomes. Even cooperation in a finitely repeated prisoners' dilemma is obtainable. Can such false reputations be...
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This paper examines the mechanics of intertemporal information provision in {\em dynastic governments}. It has been … branch, can ensure credible disclosure of information. The results here suggest a cautious approach to that view. Government … relinquishes power to its successor. When information about past policy choices comes exclusively from the reports of previous …
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