Games, Rationality and Behaviour Essays on Behavioural Game Theory and Experiments

by Innocenti, Alessandro; Sbriglia, Patrizia

• ISBN13: 9780230520813
• ISBN10: 0230520812
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book covers a wide spectrum of issues in behavioural game theory (BGT), ranging from players' heterogeneity, social preferences and reciprocity, to learning, information and punishment in public good games. The book opens up the interdisciplinary aspects of BGT, and presents models which are tested through experimental methods.

Author Biography

ALESSANDRO INNOCENTI is Professor of Economics at the University of Siena, Italy. He teaches game theory, microeconomics, cognitive economics and experimental economics and has written for several journals.

PATRIZIA SBRIGLIA is Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Naples II, Italy. He teaches game theory, economic policy and industrial economics, and has written for several journals.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. ix
Notes on Contributors	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Preferences and Decision Making
Unpacking Experimental Discount Rates: Impatience, Uncertainty, and Credit Constraints	p. 11
Introducing Social Norms in Game Theory	p. 26
Risk Aversion, Demographics and Unobserved Heterogeneity: Evidence from the Italian TV Show Affari Tuoi	p. 47
Fairness and Reciprocity
Inequality Aversion and Stochastic Decision Making: Experimental Evidence from Zimbabwean Villages after Land Reform	p. 65
Norm Compliance: The Contribution of Behavioural Economics Models	p. 101
Gender Differences in Altruism: An Experimental Study	p. 134
Equilibrium Selection and Learning
On the Absorbability of the Guessing Game Theory - A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis	p. 161
Best Responding to What? A Behavioural Approach to One-Shot Play in 2 x 2 Games	p. 184
A Survey of Psychological Games: Theoretical Findings and Experimental Evidence	p. 204
Coordination and Cooperation
Inequality or Strategic Uncertainty? An Experimental Study on Incentives and Hierarchy	p. 235
Alternating Cooperation Strategies in a Route Choice Game: Theory, Experiments and Effects of a Learning Scenario	p. 256
Cooperation as Self-Interested Reciprocity in the Centipede	p. 274
Index	p. 297
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