Showing 1 - 10 of 50,264
In this article, we deal with the topic of intentional information spillover using a model in which both informational … are heterogeneous in the quality of their information, compete with one another in a common task. According to the results … action. When acting without a delay, they reveal their information with the hope that others will imitate them. This type of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049222
This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory … experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … productivity. Information on the opponent is a promising nudge to raise individuals' awareness towards the complexity of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108628
Consider an investment problem with strategic complementarities and incomplete information about returns. This paper … shows that investors aggregate their private information in equilibrium by trading a token and observing its market price … over multiple rounds before making the investment decision. This result is robust to the information environment. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014239114
This paper reexamines the paradoxical aspect of the electronic mail game (Rubinstein, 1989). The electronic mail game is a coordination game with payoff uncertainty. At a Bayesian Nash equilibrium of the game, players cannot achieve the desired coordination of actions even when a high order of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003321328
This paper reexamines the paradoxical aspect of the electronic mail game (Rubinstein, 1989). The electronic mail game is a coordination game with payoff uncertainty. At a Bayesian Nash equilibrium of the game, players cannot achieve the desired coordination of actions even when a high order of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014059114
An entrepreneur contracts with a consultant, who is protected by limited liability, to supply information about the … probability than a bad one. The entrepreneur makes an upfront payment that the consultant can either invest in information … entrepreneurs so long as his referrals remain high. The principal under-utilizes information in settings (i) and (ii). In setting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012117630
This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory … experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … productivity. Information on the opponent is a promising nudge to raise individuals' awareness towards the complexity of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534049
An entrepreneur contracts with a consultant, who is protected by limited liability, to supply information about the … probability than a bad one. The entrepreneur makes an upfront payment that the consultant can either invest in information … entrepreneurs so long as his informal referrals remain high. The principal finds it optimal to under-utilize information if she uses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012932515
We use a laboratory experiment to study how mutual payoff information affects play in strategic settings. Subjects play … the Prisoner's Dilemma or Stag Hunt game against randomly re-matched opponents under two information treatments. In our … partial-information treatment subjects are shown only their own payoffs, while in our full-information treatment they are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013213631
We report results from a laboratory experiment that explores the effects of preference communication and leader selection mechanisms in group decision-making. In a setting where all members of a group get the same payoff based on the group leader's decision of how much risk to take, we study the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222348