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suggests a trade-off of using coarser versus finer representations of the strategy set when it comes to learning. …
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In repeated normal-form (simultaneous-move) games, simple penal codes (Abreu,1986, 1988) permit an elegant characterization of the set of subgame-perfect outcomes. We show that the logic of simple penal codes fails in repeated extensive-form games. By means of examples, we identify two types of...
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This paper proposes a behavioral model of social learning that unies various forms of inferential reasoning in one … present evidence from three sources that these are the prevalent types of reasoning in social learning: a review of social … learning studies, existing data from Celen and Kariv (2004) as well as new experimental data that includes written accounts of …
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We propose a stylised dynamic model to understand the role of social networks in the phenomenon we call "globalization." This term refers to the process by which even agents who are geographically far apart come to interact, thus being able to overcome what would otherwise be a fast saturation...
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To address the impact of regulation on ethical concerns of consumers, we study the example of minimum wages. In our experimental market, consumers have monopsony power, firms set prices and wages, and workers are passive recipients of a wage payment. We find that the consumers exhibit...
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Experimental evidence from simple distribution games supports the view that some individuals have a concern for the effciency of allocations. This motive could be important for the implementation of economic policy proposals. In a typical lab experiment, however, individuals have much more...
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In most laboratory experiments concerning prosocial behavior subjects are fully informed how their decision influences …
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This paper explores the possibility that demand for costly commitment may prove unnecessary and thus excessive. In an online experiment, subjects face a tedious productivity task where tempting YouTube videos invite procrastination. Subjects can pay for a commitment device that removes the...
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