We establish the existence and uniqueness of pure-strategy equilibrium in two-worker rank order contests with sabotage …

This paper reports the experimental results of implicit pre-play communication on the equilibrium selection in … to play. Once reached the Pareto-dominant equilibrium in the second stage, the auction price at the first stage increased … public goods game single subjects deviated from the equilibrium strategy. Yet, robustness of the full contribution …

equilibrium bidding functions for the agents, and find the optimal minimum price for the auctioneer when such functions are used … by the bidders. We also examine another interesting family of equilibrium bidding functions for this case, with a …

constructed game. We find that the prize sharing rules may indeed be chosen by both groups in an equilibrium of a Coordination … game, where the other equilibrium is both groups choosing the cooperative rule. However, the equilibrium with cooperative … of risk dominance and security principle, we find that indeed the equilibrium with the prize sharing rules may be chosen …